In a city where 18 million people dwell, 17 millions cars, and an average of 7 million tourist a year, one would expect a crowed ticket line, bustling markets and an abundance of people fighting for a pictures in front of the pyramids. What we faced was quite the opposite. Since the recent uprisings and tension in Cairo tourism this year is significantly low. The sad thing is its something that brings a significant amount of income and families are now going into poverty from the lack of customers at their shops and market stands. We saw the effects of this went we went to the pyramids. It was so empty and only a few tourist roamed the area. Of course being a team of photographers, this was great, open shots with no annoying people walking through the frame :) :) The day we saw the pyramids started the trend of EPIC-ness that was to follow with all our sightseeing. We were able to get so close and touch and even climb on the huge blocks. I was amazed at the size of each individual square, marveling at the creation of such things and how much work and strength and creativity it must have taken to construct them. To view something that pre-dated Moses' time was super cool :) :) The pyramids are OLD haha. It was a fun time filled with lots of picture-taking and a kiss with a sphinx ;)
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