EgYpT day#3

Tuesday was our first full day in Egypt and we did not waste any time- we hit the ground running! Here is a checklist of our day:

Giza Pyramids

Sphinx
Memphis and the largest statue in the world of Rameses II
baby sphinx!Tahna and Amy- the two cowgirls trekking out in the Sahara Saqqara:

Tomb of Ti where i saw my all time favorite wall painting! i studied it in ap art history and even had a test question on it. its called Ti hunting Hippos. we made some new friends while there- as in he followed us around the entire timefunny story:

as rach and i walked out of the Tomb of Ti this guard waved at us.

we waved back and then he got his camel to smile at us.

(zoom up on the camel and there is a smile on it. coolest trick)

of course i took a picture of it and so did rachel.

we all laugh and then the guard holds out his hand.

he starts asking for money.

(over here some people will ask for money if you take a picture of them.

its their way of earning money)

i thought "no way. 1) i am not even in the picture 2) you aren't dressed up in a traditional dress or costume 3) you already have a job, which you are currently at meaning you have a way to earn money."

so maybe we are bad people but we just said sorry we don't have any change (which was true and if i knew he would have asked for money i wouldn't have taken the pic)

then proceeded to skip/jog/run/sprint away.

hahah oops.

walking into Ti's tomb. there were beetles down there. just like in the movie "The Mummy"!!!! I got freaked out and could only stay for a few minutes.

"oh the Arab and the Cowgirl should be friends!" - little shout out to the song in Oklahoma

Stepped Pyramid! 1st pyramid in the world

we also went to a papyrus factory at lunch. After all this we had a night flight to LUXOR! What a glamorous life JC students live! This was an Egyptian dream day! This is Talia and I cruising on Egyptian Air.