More Pyramids

Another pyramid trip, only you probably actually recognize these pyramids.
Here we are with all 3 behind us.
There is this photo spot where if you stand the right way, put your hand up and get the camera at the right angle it looks like you're holding up a pyramid. I thought it was particularly hilarious when this group of Chinese tourists came and all these old Chinese guys were climbing up on the wall and holding out their arms, almost like they were saluting Hitler, with these goofy grins on their faces.
And then I put my finger on top...these things are really big!
If you've never been to Egypt you might believe that the pyramids look just the same as they do on National Geographic specials...they sure don't. They're located in the middle of town, not in the middle of the desert like TV makes them look and they're the biggest tourist trap ever. We couldn't manage to take a picture without a million people in the background and we couldn't manage to get away from creepy Egyptian guys trying to sell us cheap crap. I actually warned Shanna when we got there that if I started yelling at someone I wasn't having a mental breakdown, I've just been in the Arab world too long to put up with this junk. I managed to make it without going off on anyone although I ignored a lot of pushy people and I mumbled alot of things under my breath.

It still feels weird to totally ignore someone who is standing right in front of you obviously talking to you but sometimes (actually a lot) I still do, especially when it's some weirdo guy who has his hand on your arm and is telling you that you are the most beautiful girl he has ever seen while trying to sell you some postcards. Amazing how I forgot how to speak English AND Arabic at the same time...makes communication a little difficult!!

Then there's the sphinx...it's big too.

Notice the mobs of tourists behind me? Seriously, I haven't seen that many foreigners or that many cameras, in one place since I left the States!

Then we observed these camel guys prowling around for unsuspecting tourists to rip off.

And then we ate lunch at pizza hut overlooking the pyramids. Most tourists who come to Egypt would probably try to find a local place to experience cultural food and they would probably think that it's a horrible thing to put a KFC/Pizza Hut right next to this huge historical site. However my life only consists of cultural food so I was probably a little too excited to enjoy a some normal food, even if it did kind of make my stomach hurt from all the grease.

And that's the end of yet another pyramid experience.