My Trip To Egypt

My Trip To EgyptIt was my grandmothers 70th Birth solar day in whitethorn this year and my mummy, my infant Sophie and my mums three sisters obdurate to have a girly pertinacious weekend in Dorset during the May half term. Consequently, my Dad and I had roughly of the week on our avouch. My Dad came up with a few options of places to go ranging from Paris to Rome precisely a wish well suggested going to Cairo. As I have always wanted to go to Cairo and see antique Egypt, I thought that this was a brilliant idea and a mythic gift from my Dad and I readily agreed to the trip.It was a quintuple hour flight to Cairo and my Mum control us to the near underground station for us to reach Heathrow airport in succession for our early morning flight of course the anticipation was killing me as and I desperately wanted to see what an Arab country was like, especi solelyy unity with all the mysteries of the ancient world that I animadvertd Egypt to have. We extoled the flight I enjoy my Dads company as he is such a good narrative teller and of course, he had been to Egypt about 20 years before so was telling me about all the social occasions I could expect I couldnt attend When we mensurationped strike the airplane, the first thing I could feel was the intense passionateness that was thrown against my give and it seemed to suck the moisture from not only my face but seemed to reach right into my mouth and towel dry my speech I knew and so that I was in a desert country.When we stepped off of the tarmac into the custom hall, the first culture shock hit me and I have never seen so many guns pointing at me as if I was public enemy number 1, although on the other hand, it seemed like I was the prime minister arriving My Dad had arranged for us to be met by a personal driver, and he treated us like tour royalty, escorting us to the car, looking after our luggage and settling us in for the journey. Although we arent used to that kind of servic e at home (well apart from my Mum), for comfortably-off Westerners with our floorard of living this was probably just an average means of transport. I was acceptedly interested in seeing Cairo as we drove to our hotel and while it was not immediately as spectacular compared to several(prenominal) of the cities I have go steadyed, it seemed a fairly average city with a bargain of slums, colourful graffiti, stray dogs but balanced with some fairly new-fangled buildings in like manner.On the next day my Dad and I decided to confer the securities industry, which was called the Khan E Khali Bazaar and which had a range of shops and stalls that I had never seen before with around of the goods on offer being so cheap that I felt that I could virtually buy the consentient bazaar. I bought a lot of souvenirs right away as this was angiotensin-converting enzyme of the aims of my visit I am a bulky shopper and collector, especially on holiday, and this visit was going to be no ex ception The market was ground near the citys main Egyptian museum, is one of the major areas of Cairo and which houses all the mummies and Egyptian artefacts, which are of course key to defining the history of Egypt. The lieniness was scorching and I felt as if I was inwardly an oven, but suffering the heat was worth it we ended up spending most of the morning in the colourful, bustling market, taking refuge in the bantam tea-rooms and of course buying about three shopping bags of a all-encompassing range of goodies to take home, for example I bought an old Egyptian come across which in this country would be worth a lot of capital because it is an ancient artefact. The texture of the coin was very rough I make me see of all the hands it must have been through. I overly allowed my caprice to wander and dream about the very strong sun in the sky, beating low on the coin how many unwearying slaves in Ancient Egypt had stood where I stood now with the sun beating down on th em as they toiled in the heat and the dust all those centuries past, battling with dearth and the anxiety of not surviveing if theyd see another day? The smells of anyplace new is always something that lodges in your memory and this was no different we visited a perfume shop that had a whole range of intoxicating fresh oils and lotions and we bought a full set of different liquids all in their own intricately made glass bottles to take masking home to my Mum and Sister.There were so many different spices and perfumes and I just know that when I smell any of these intoxicating aromas, or the smell of total mixed with the aroma of jasmine and unhomogeneous herbs of the Arabic world, this will re soul me of versatile soap shops that we walked past. Also, I think that the smell of raw meat reminds me of go past open meat stalls in various supermarkets, such as, Asda, Tesco and Sainsburys I will be instantly transported back to that busy marketWe had a really full and interestin g day but last decided to head back to the hotel and take an afternoon nap so that we would be in the best shape to be ready for a good-natured dinner in the hotel in the evening.After a abundant and relaxing sleep, the next morning, we decided to visit what is called the Gem of Egypt and the world known pyramids. There were many more pyramids than I expected as in that respect are actually three major ones and three smaller ones. The one I liked best was one known as the step pyramid as this was a major landmark in history for the Egyptians. I cannot imagine how enormous it would have taken to construct these Wonders of the World. over again my mind wandered back to the Egypt of 3000 years ago when I tried to imagine what it would have been like to be part of the many thousands of poor slaves who were oblige to build these massive constructions I was finding difficult just to stand or walk in this intense heat how hard would it be to pull massive stone blocks into place, o r using rope and outfit having to pull the stones up and into their place and then to have these monuments to hard undertaking stand for thousands of years the whole scene and where it stood in history was mind blowing. Another equally impressive installation sitting serenely nearby was of course the Sphinx which dominates the pyramids with its beauty and its uniqueness. To see and touch the Sphinx had been one of my life long ambitions and of course, I had to buy a memento a small counter of the beautiful monument, although this souvenir had been multi-colored. Although this is not currently the case, whos to say it wasnt originally painted? At the end of this long, hot and sweaty day making tiring journeys to, from and inside the pyramids, I desperately needed a shower and then we had a relaxing meal and after dinner drink by the moonlit pool (although did have to battle the treacherous shadowlife in the form of mosquitoes), we iterate our pattern of fairly early night an d off to bed.Lying in bed of an evening, I heard various different noises of the Arabic world, my imagination was very much alive this holiday due to the lack of internet, television and video games, I had a lot of time to think and resound on what might have gone on in the purlieu around me. I acted out many scenes in my head, filled with various battles and mysterious tales that have been centred in and around Ancient Egypt.We were very hackneyed the next day and so we decided to take it easy and decided against some trips from the hotel. We woke up lazily at around eleven in the morning, because of the exhausting past two days. After a scrumptious breakfast, we went to the fluent pool which was a clear as a diamond with lovely clean as water. The pool was neither too hot nor too cold but just perfect and the water was of the same property as in England with no dirt. We swam for about half the day and then made our way to the restaurant again for lunch, this time a clobber l aid out perfectly with such a vast alternative of delicious food that I felt quite confused as to what I should have for lunch. In the afternoon, we decided to visit the mosque of the Emperor which was so beautiful with all carvings of the Quran and people praying it almost felt like you were in Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, everything was just so authentic. I think when you are faced with a completely different religion or culture, in that location are very stark differences and on the surface, you feel that there are no similarities this is especially true with the differences between Christianity and Islam. However, it is only when you get hold of the religions in depth that you come to realise that there are some things that are very similar or in fact the same. During my visit to the mosque I also learnt some Arabic (for numbers) which sounded like a speech communication made by God.Later on in the evening, we had a real contrast to the holy experiences of the day when we went to watch a typical Arab breadbasket dance with a woman tog outed in an Arabian dress showing her bare stomach. It was like a dance exhibition for a king, and she had thousands of pounds worth of jewellery all over her. The dance lasted for about 30 minutes and it was performed while we ate some typical Arab fare for dinner. Finally, we went back to our hotel and because we already had had dinner, went straight to bed.All so quickly, I reached the last day of our fantastic visit to this tremendous country with such diversity, such moneyed culture and rich smells and tastes. Our flight was quite late at night so during our last day we visited the world renowned Egyptian museum, which contained wonderful artefacts. One artefact which startled me the most was the picture of Tutankhamen, one of the great rulers of Egypt, which was full of rich colours and was truly a work of a great artist. I never imagined that the people of so long ago would have had such refined and grea t skills, especially artistic and also construction work. The museum was really fascinating and I felt honoured to have witnessed so many treasures. We finally made our way to the airport and even though I didnt want to go home, we had to our flights were booked and so we could not substantiation longer. The airport had the same high security situation with the guards holding guns on display. I will never forget this trip and the only thing that would have made it even better was if I had my mum and sister with me too.