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I didn’t expect all of the pollution, the pyramids didn’t appear until late afternoon. The sphinx looked amazing though and despite the pollution and the hawkers it is a must see.
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Write an entry Entries about this placeUntitled by FlashpackerI didn’t expect all of the pollution, the pyramids didn’t appear until late afternoon. The sphinx looked amazing though and despite the pollution and the hawkers it is a must see. over 4 years agoUntitled by Tinou BaoEgypt, where the grandeur of ancient vastly outshines the frustration of modern. Like most tourists to Egypt, I was drawn to the Pyramids and the Pharaohs. Some 5,000 years ago, the first empire emerged in the Nile river valley, and from that great empire some of the world’s greatest advances emerged: writing, paper, permanent stone monuments. But alas, present day Egypt is overcrowded, polluted and frustrating. continue: http://blog.730steps.com/egypt-tips-and-impression.html over 5 years agoUntitled by Roger Van ReveTo see the Great Pyramids and Sphynx over 5 years agoWhen I was a student by TajLVIn 1972, we saw the Sound and Light Show here. Wow! What a taste of history. over 6 years agoAncient, Beautlful and being destroyed by positivenegativesI went here making a documentary about The Private Lives of the Pharaohs for Channel 4 in the UK. It is one of the most stunning places I have ever been to and I was actually paid to go into the pyramids. It involves loads of walking around as the sight is huge and stretches over km’s, If you get up close to the pyramids, you lose a sense of what they are as they are HUGE. It is an amazing site, but Giza town is rapidly encrouching on the site. There is an old proverb which basically states Beware, Egypt should never build on the Western side of the Nile towards the Pyramids… Go and visit. Take strong shoes as the ground is hot and rough, and you will walk all day, take water and toilet paper ( best of all dont want to use one at all…) See all 10 entries |
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