Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Back from Egypt


In Egypt I had the time of my life! I never
expected that we would see so many cool things and do so many fun activities! The whole trip was planned out so perfectly and the trip was a little rough- busses aren’t the most comfortable but it was ok. We had 2 armed guys on our bus to protect us! Kind of crazy hu?








We drove to Cairo and went straight to the Pyramids of Giza and saw a cool light show there. The next day we went back to the pyramids and we had a guide who taught us all about them. We got to go inside one of them- cool experience but it smelled really bad and it had to have been like 130 degrees in there! We all came out of there thankful for the 110 temperature outside! Haha.


That night we flew down to Luxor and the next day we went to the Valley of the Kings which is where tons of the pharaohs build their tombs. We went into 4 different tombs and the best one was King Tut’s tomb because they had his actual mummy on display inside! It was really cool. All of the artwork in the tombs was so cool and really colorful.



That night we rode camels for an hour! My guide practically proposed to me…. Kind of awkward! Haha. The next day we went to the Luxor and the Karnak temples and they were really cool. On our way back to Israel, we stopped and went snorkeling in the Red Sea!! That was so much fun and the water was so blue! The whole trip was more fun than I can explain and I’m making such good friends with all the other students. I was looking at my schedule and I have less than a month left and I almost started crying! I don’t want to leave this place! When we got back to Jerusalem from Egypt, we all felt like we were coming home. I love it here!

















The day after we got back from Egypt, we went to McDonalds! It was so nice to ear American food!!