| Another Cairo day, another swindle. While going to the Pyramids
via microbus (we just love using the buses around here, they're so cheap),
a guy jumped on board and told us we had to transfer to another bus. He
seemed earnest and friendly, so we followed him. He took us to a horse
stable instead. We tricked him by appealing to his greed. We told him
that if he took us to the golf course by the Pyramids, we could get some
friends to go along on our horseback ride. He drove us over there and we
told him to wait outside while we looked for our imaginary friends. Once
inside, we decided to play a round of golf (our original plan). We guess
he must have left while we were on the third or fourth hole. After a
round beneath the Pyramids, we finished the day with a camel ride. After
getting over the initial nervousness of being so high off the ground -
camels are huge - we started walking and even trotting on camelback around
the Pyramid dunes. Jill's camel bit my foot, almost pulling me out of the
saddle. Luckily I wasn't hurt, but after four straight months of constant
togetherness, spending every waking and sleeping moment with each other, I
bet Jill made her camel bite me. |
