So I guess it is my turn to write...This is Allison. We are on day 5 in Egypt. What a trip! Between countless temples and pyramids, we have been able to see the oldest historical momuments I have ever seen in my life. What is amazing to me is how everything is "preserved" here. In the U.S., artifacts like this would be sealed under air-tight glass cases and lit by top-of-the line lighting. Here in Egypt, everything is out in the air, not roped off-let alone cased-in, and unlit. It is interesting to see these amazing pieces in their "natural habitat", but also a little nausiating to see idiots climb on to the lap of a 4,000 year old statue of Ramses the Great.
One other thing...as we were walking in Luxor this evening, I noticed the uneven ground we we walking on in the dark. In America I can only imagine the amount of time that would last...until a little old lady, or heck, a stupid person would walk through and trip-then sue, never to have a tour in Luxor again.
Well, we are all healthy with only a few cases of the "NILE RIVER RUNS". If you see my child, give her lots of kisses for me-if she still remembers me...Jason keeps telling me she won't. Salam. Goodbye.
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The Luxor? I didn't know you guys were in Vegas!
Well what I bet you didn't know was that the REAL Luxor has no pyramids at all. Thats what happens when we Americans get our world culture from Las Vegas.
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