Cairo

Welcome to Alaska! Somewhere in the past a fed up tourist managed to plant a greeting in the minds of young Egyptian solicitors. The first impression of the pyramids is one of something like having to run the gauntlet. Lots of people trying to separate you from your money. People here are just trying to make a living any way they can. I have to listen to our guide Magada in the fact that they are harmless and will not steal or hurt you in any way, just a little pushy thats all. My first experience with this came when I ended up a quarter mile away from the pyramids atop a Camel with my $5000 dollar camera in the hands of a total stranger. In a whirlwind of confusion and hustle I was departed from twenty dollars in exchange for a photograph of myself on a camel in front of the Great Pyramid. On my new best friends behalf, I have to say it was one of the best views of the pyramids in that area. My Dad of course had no idea what had happened to me. I was right behind him, then I was gone!