01-08-2018, 08:57 AM
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Re: Secrets of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Originally Posted by bakerman
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You likely went in the wrong month. I was there in March. Not remotely hot. Just a comfortable, though warm, experience.
01-08-2018, 09:01 AM
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Re: Secrets of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Originally Posted by Muddy
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The pyramids are great .Beating off the numerous importuning locals is not so great .
01-08-2018, 09:26 AM
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Re: Secrets of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Originally Posted by Muddy
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The pyramids are great .Beating off the numerous importuning locals is not so great .
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Yes very annoying. They all have an Uncle in Yorkshire for some reason.
How true. I often hired a driver and car to ferry me around. They all practically insist on taking you to a "Hieroglyphs Museum". Fake stuff sold to stupid tourists. The drivers get "kickbacks".
Finally, I had to put my foot down. I told each and every driver that if he took me to a "Hieroglyph Museum", I would not pay him one cent.
I told them I am paying them to take me where I want to go, not to take me where he wants to go. Gotta be FIRM !
01-08-2018, 04:13 PM
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Re: Secrets of the Great Pyramid of Giza
The wife and I visited the Pyramids when we went to Cairo on a three-day excursion from Cyprus. The larger of the three pyramids was closed but I was allowed to go into the next one in the series. Entry was by a steep shaft around five-feet high and so had to stoop low to get to the bottom and into a chamber. The blocks inside the chamber were so well made that there wasn't a single gap between any of them - excellent engineering and craftsmanship.A bit of a laugh. There was an Egyptian in the chamber holding up a lamp and silently pointing to different parts of the chamber then held his cupped hand out for a tip.
01-08-2018, 04:17 PM
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Re: Secrets of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Originally Posted by Muddy
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The pyramids are great .Beating off the numerous importuning locals is not so great .
At the Sphinx, they were locals stuffing things in our pockets as we walked round and because they `gave` us something, expected something in return.Won't be going back any time soon, if ever.
01-08-2018, 04:47 PM
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Re: Secrets of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Originally Posted by Judd
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A bit of a laugh. There was an Egyptian in the chamber holding up a lamp and silently pointing to different parts of the chamber then held his cupped hand out for a tip.
01-08-2018, 04:51 PM
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Re: Secrets of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Originally Posted by Judd
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The wife and I visited the Pyramids when we went to Cairo on a three-day excursion from Cyprus. The larger of the three pyramids was closed but I was allowed to go into the next one in the series. Entry was by a steep shaft around five-feet high and so had to stoop low to get to the bottom and into a chamber. The blocks inside the chamber were so well made that there wasn't a single gap between any of them - excellent engineering and craftsmanship.A bit of a laugh. There was an Egyptian in the chamber holding up a lamp and silently pointing to different parts of the chamber then held his cupped hand out for a tip.
'Come, I show you bat'.
Three paces and a pointing finger later and he wants a tip
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