Wow, we saw another completely different side of Egypt today. Some of the other people who were on our tour had arrived early so we organised to join forces with them, so we organised to go and see Saqqara, Memphis and Dashur, places that weren’t visited on our tour.
First stop: The Step Pyramid at Saqqara. Our first experience of a pyramid was pretty amazing. up close, you can see the damage where people have nabbed the capstones over the millennia, leaving the inside stone to weather the elements. We also made acquaintance with the continual stream of touts offering papyrus, pictures with camels, horses, donkeys etc etc.
Even the tourist police were getting into this in a big way, as we found out at the Red Pyramid!
We had our first camel ride, too, which was fun, especially getting up. Lurch, lurch, LURCH!
We also visited Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt. Doesn’t look like much now, but there are lots of salvaged statues from the tombs and also more stalls and photo opportunities, of course!
Two Weeks Away 