day 46 pyramid

After September 11, the World Trade Center Attack, not too many tourists, so the few tourists became the center of attraction for locals. They made me feel more important than the four thousand years old Pyramids.

I thought they were little rocks. Now I knew they were taller than me.

It doesn't look too big but it is.

The boat they found buried beneath the sand. It was the transportation for the Pharaohs in the underworld. Now their private boat is in the museum. I suppose the Pharaohs need to take public transports now.

That's the hole where they found the boat. There's no boat now but garbage.

It was a pretty big boat.

It was a temple of some kind.

Big boat, big pit.

The camel riders suffered the most after September 11th. All the American tourists disappeared.

The lion face man.

Money, the lion face man was still generating income for their country after thousands of years.

Where's my nose? Hey Britons, give me back my nose.

The beautiful behind of the Great beast.

They were all locals. Very very few foreign tourists.

That's the secret entrance of the Great Pyramid. It was guarded by curses and traps. Now every simple tourist could visit the inside of the Pyramid (After paying 20p for each visit).

Dance of the garbage.

This's how the inside of the pyramid look like. It was pretty well preserved.

That's where Pharaoh used to sleep.

They were not ghost. They were only noisy students.

This is another Pyarmid (another 20p). This one is smaller.

The whole pyramid used to be covered by those limestones. Someone (perhaps Napoleon) used them to build palace or something.

So I visisted yet another Pyramid.

He probably thought it was cool. March 1818, that was 183 years ago.

Cairo was not far away from the Pyramids.

The queen's pyramid.

Climbing the Pyramid: Climbing the Pyramid is forbidden but possible (dangerous too).
Here's how you can do it:
Stay at the desert area behind Menkaure (the smallest pyramid) until around 4:30pm or after eveyone left. Walked to Menkaure and wander around. Soon a guard will come by and chat with you. So chat with him. If he smells your money, then he will offer you a chance to climb the pyramid. Refuse at first unless you are willing to pay 100p. After he spent conseiderable amount of effort to convince you, you should consent for a try. He will take you to the manager of the guards. Bargain with him. Tell him you are a poor student and can only afford five pounds. You will reach a final price of 20p. Then he will climb with you (and tried to get some tips from you, give him 2p and be nice).
Warning: It's not difficult to kill yourself if you are not careful, consider that is the reason why they forbid people climbing it at the first place. You don't want to be in the "Stupid Tourist Hall of Fame" for killing yourself on the pyramid. Imagine how embarrsing it would be if someone 100 years later sees on the pyramid: "Mr. so and so was killed when climbing the pyramid". If you are not comfortable about climbing, don't try.