At 4:30am I was driven though Cairo at night by a nice Saudi man named Ahmed. We drove through deserted downtown and the deserted slums and onto pyramids road. We then turned off and drove off the track to some stables and had some tea with the owner of one of them. I bought myself a 2.5 hour camel ride in the desert to watch the sunrise over Cairo. I got on the camel, which is always a little hair raising and we were off down the back streets. Medo was my guides...

Today, I decided to take a break from adventuring and go to the Cairo museum, which is only up the road from where I'm staying. On the way there I ran into Ismeail from Pharaoh's palace and he asked me where I had been the night before. I told him I was asleep, although he didn't seem to believe me. I went and had tea with him while I waited for the crowds to die down. I crossed the main street in Downtown (an experience that took me 15 minutes), and bought my t...

Away from Saqqara we drove around 15 minutes to Dashur, this is somewhere I came back to Egypt to visit. Let me just say it was worth all the hassle, all the added cost and all the risk. I got to Dashur, which was the last thing on the list for the day and headed straight up the Red Pyramid built by King Snefru. This pyramid is the world first true pyramid and it is older than the three Pyramids at Giza. I reached the entrance after a harrowing climb and to my s...

Today I also went back to Saqqara, one of my favorite sites in Egypt, because it is home to my favorite pyramid, the Step Pyramid of King Djoser. The drive from Giza took about half an hour and I was driven up to the Pyramid. I explored the site and as usual chastised myself for accidentally standing on things I shouldn't. Last time I had unknowingly stood on the enclosure wall, this time it was the South Tomb! (Nothing is roped off in Egypt and you can climb all...

The Giza Pyramids were awesome as always, although this morning I spent most of my time looking for the stupid ticket office to the Great Pyramid which I never found! I went into the Mastaba of the Kings doctor, that was great, except the guard at the door insisted on showing me around and then insisted on baksheesh. I also saw the Sphinx again and walked around the Great Pyramid about 3 times. I was there early so I didn't get pestered too much to buy souvenirs...