But here is the Nile. Water. And plenty of it.
Wael said he can drink tap water in Egypt, but we can't. People who live on the Nile drink water straight from the river. But he can't.
Tap water in Israel is safe. Nasty, but safe.
We crossed the Nile to go into Giza. Pyramids. Camels. Sphinx.
$2 to get on, get up, get pictures taken, and get off. $20 to ride fifteen minutes down to the smallest pyramid. Our friends Eric and Juliana paid their $20 and went. Ann and I didn't but kind of wished we had. So when we got to Petra--the last day of our trip--Ann took a short ride in front of the temple.
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| Eric and Juliana Short--yes, that is their name, Short |
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| Ann and her camel at Petra |
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| Mother, daughter, Sphinx. I am really tired of what I'm wearing here. I did not wear that outfit every day of our trip, but this is all one day. Okay? |
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| Other camel riders at the Sphinx |
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| It's really camel country here. You might drive down the road (say, in Jordan) and see a house with a camel in the yard. The camels in this part of the world are Dromedary camels--one hump, long legs. |
3 comments:
I really think it was only $2 to get up and down in Egypt.
And is it Sphynx or is it sphinx? Either way, it's too hard for Johnny to say so he just says "finx." Good enough for me.
It's Sphinx, thank you.
Sphynx is a weird-looking cat.
Forgive the error. It's my first, you know.
There, I've gone back and fixed all the sphynxes. They're now sphinxes.
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