Giza pyramids

30th - 2:45 pm
Arrived at the pyramids. Read the next post below for my introduction to Giza. Okay, with the tough part out of the way I'm walking around the sphyinx and it's incredable. I only wish that I could have gotten right next to it. I moved on from there to khufu pyramid and walked around the site. I took so many pictures. The size is incredable, all three are incredable. It's amazing that men with ropes and wooden sleds moved so much stone, cut so precisely, and built so well. From Khufu I moved on to Khafre (it's the one in the center). I came just in time to walk into the shadow of the point and captures a silhouetted pyramid with rays of light streaming from the point (f22 helped with the ray effect). After taking more Images than anyone should take, I moved on to the smaller of the three, Menkarue. This is where I spent the rest of my time. When I finished walking around I just sat on a wall looking at the other two pyramids and enjoyed the view. Seriously, I was the only one around until the police came riding up on camel and spoiled it by yelling at me to go. Bummer! The site closes at 4:30.

A side note:
I have to say that all this has been tough for me too. I've broken down in private a couple times and I've never felt lonelier in my life which is amazing for being in a city of 16 million people. I've been with one person for ten years and they aren't here to share this experiance. I always wanted to travel and I'm fullfiling some major childhood dreams by coming to Egypt but it's all a bit overshadowed by my loss of Amy. It's funny that I was asked by a man in the street last night what I like to do. He said girls, drink, smoke. I said work, photography. He shrugged his sholders and tilted his head... I think he was trying to sell me a prostitute. Anyway, I think I realized at that point I'm not much fun. Well, 10:45 pm here and I have a long day and long train ride to Luxor tomorrow night, 9 hours. Peace.