The one with ancient writing, giant statues, and of course Ramses II?

The past 5 days have been ridiculously busy to say the least. I don’t think I have the time to go threw and describe everything I did. So I will just hit the highlights.

Pyramids: just what you would expect, HUGE, sandy, with lots of camels and tourists. At the pyramids I rode a camel. It was a very weird experience, they were so much taller then I expected. The ride was also a bit bumpy; I took a priceless picture of Sam on her camel. It is HILARIOUS! Hahaha

Valley of the Kings: SO much more then anyone would expect, the Hieroglyphics were so incredible. I loved every moment even though it was over 110 degrees. The Tombs were so detailed and beautiful, with most of the color still intact it looked newer then the Roman Forum and the Acropolis but was actually a few thousand years older.

Karnak Temple: The one you see on the history channel all the time with all the columns. It was beautiful and huge. I thought it was interesting because of the way it was added on to by each pharaoh, and the Greeks over hundreds of years.

Abu Simbel Temples: WOW, it was incredibly hot, but the gigantic temples were well worth the heat. One of them is the one with the 4 colossal statues of Rameses II out front. The inside was just as incredible. The carvings inside were images that I have seen in my history books for years. I was in aw as I walked silently through the little chambers inside.

Cairo Museum: King Tuts gold and items found in his tomb were beautiful and fascinating to hear about, but the museum itself is a disgrace to the treasures inside. No air conditioning and bad layout. Luckily they are building a new one in Giza.

Overall, this trip was well worth the cost. I had an amazing time, and saw almost everything there is to see in Egypt as far as ancient stuff goes.

Today is the day of the 102nd semester at sea Olympics. Everyone cross their fingers, if the Caribbean Sea wins, we get to disembark first in Virginia! YAY! I am competing in the Donut- on- the –string competition! Yes, I volunteered to speed eat a donut off a string in front of all my peers on the 6th deck aft I will let you know how it goes, I have a friend video taping it so everyone can relish in my embarrassment.

Our 6 day journey to Morocco has begun… four days after making pot there we are off the states, a bitter sweet 10 days.

Loves, Cris