Volume Two

Hello All,

Let me preface this with NO I have not yet ridden a camel, maybe after reading this you'll understand why.

So last Friday there was the option of going to the Pyramids on the School's buses, they are comfy with A/C and free so I of course went. I had heard and read that there are 'persistent entrepreneurs' who rent camels and horses. Well this is how a typical exchange would go:

Camel Guy: Hello my friend where you from?

Me: Canada

CG: Canada, Canada Dry ha ha ha

Me: ...

CG: Would you like Camel?

Me: No thank you.

CG: My friend I give you really good price...

Me: No it's OK I'll walk.

Then as you begin walking away they follow you.

CG: How about later my friend, good price.

Me: No thanks.

They follow you around for 500m doing this every so often then a new guy starts in on you....

New Camel Guy: Hello my friend, where you from?

Me: Canada

NCG: Canada, Canada Dry ha ha ha.

So its HOT sunny and these guys are pestering you to ride the camel, or horse, or give them something to remember you by ie: cash, sunglasses etc.

I was awestruck by these goliath monuments and the fact that they are thousands of years old. If you followed the link to shutterfly you can see the pictures. We were kinda rushed in that we only had about 1 1/2 hours there and I was with 2 teachers and their 2 kids. I didn't really have the money to go inside and Paula wasn't there so I didn't really feel like it. I think the best thing is to go with someone who visits and see the whole thing in cooler weather.

All in all it has been fun to this point, I don't know if things will change here but they could. The students are coming tomorrow Sept. 1st and everyone is abuzz.

Hope things are well with you,

Paula and Grant