EgYpT day 3

say CHEESE!

Visit to the GIZA PYRAMIDS!

The pyramids were a magnificent sight to behold! Honestly, I was SO amazed. I just stood in awe. They are massive, and kind of mysterious. They are the only remaining of the seven wonders of the ancient world. (I think)

At the base of the Largest PyramidSome of our group, rockin the Egyptian

On three...Jumping off the Pyramid

Some of our group...Jess, Dina, Emile, Jacob, Jess, Carla, Me

CAMEL RIDE!!! I got on top of my camel, and the guy who owned the camel just hit the camel, and it started taking off! I didn't have the slightest idea how to control the giant stink beast, I assumed it knew where it was supposed to go, but I didn't, and it started going fast! AND there was nobody from my group with me at first, may camel was going so fast!

We rode our camels around the desert and up to this point for a photo op in front of the Pyramids...My Camel has a great smile! (See the first pic on this post...;)My camel kept making this funny noise as he blew air out of his mouth, it sounded like if someone was making a horse noise...only when my camel did it, he inflated something inside his mouth, like his cheek or side of his tongue or something. It was SO gross! It was even bigger than this picture, this is when it was going down. so gross and weird. This is not a normal thing for camels to do, even the Egyptians with their own camels were gawking at the freak camel!

My Friend Emile and I

The Sphinx was AMAZING! It was massive and just SO cool!This is the whole YSA group. A great group of saints and friends.

This pic isn't the greatest, but its funny because we are eating at a Pizza hut with the Pyramids visible through the window...kinda funny...The Nile River

This is the endless market called the Kahn a Khalili (Have NO idea how it's spelled) I had a LOT of fun bargaining with the shopkeepers about their wares. The market is very easy to get lost in. Most of the shops sell similar if not the same stuff, and they just keep going and going! We had 2 girls get lost and didn't meet up with our crew until 40 minutes after our meeting time. Can you see the sign above me, "AMBER HOUSE for GEWEL RIES"... so funny! I also like the creepy man behind me looking at the camera.

Another merchant shop. SO much to look at!
Me and My drum. I got a great deal on this drum (I also bought another one...got a killer deal!)
Anyway the man who sold me this drum was a creep, as are many of the men here...I dare say most of the men here. He kept saying he would give me a lower price if I kissed him on the cheek. Yeah right. I kept saying no, and I was just ready to leave but my friends were still in his shop. But I also really wanted to get the drums. So I made my last offer 100 egyptain pounds for both drums...which is like $20 US, and he came too close for comfort and whispered in my ear a higher price or motioned that I kiss him and I'll get the price I wanted. I was SO grossed out, especially since he whispered in my ear, so he was pointing to his cheek and smiled saying 100 Pounds...so I kissed my hand and slapped his cheek with it, and firmly said 100 pounds. He was totally shocked...served him right, right? Needless to say I got them for 100 pounds. :) Most of the shopkeepers flirted with me...it got really old really fast, they would say things like "Hello American, Beautiful!" or "very nice eyes" or "please come to my shop, if you buy something here, I can tell everyone a Goddess came into my shop, be good for business" Whatever. One guy even stopped me while I was walking and said "Excuse me, you dropped something" I was surprised and looked down to see what I dropped, but he grabbed my hand and said "Oh, You dropped my heart" PAHLEESE!!!