Bigger is always Better
2566 BC. That was when the first pyramids were built. Over 4 and half millennia ago. It's something that you really can't comprehend, especially as you stand underneath them. How on earth did they get all those myassive stone blocks up there! They say they made ramps of sand - but I'm still not convinced!
But the pyramids were just the beginning, as we soon found out. After our all-night train journey to Aswan, we awoke at 5am - that's right 5am - to catch our police escort out to Abu Simbel. After watching the sun rise over the Sahara desert (a sight in itself), we stepped out see this:
What's really amazing is that, when Egypt built the High Dam, they had to move this entire structure onto higher ground! Now the river Nile is quite something. Apparently in it's heyday it was over 20km wide! Imagine that much
water turning into blood - it really is completely incomprehensible! This is Dad standing next to the river Nile:
Now, we are off to Luxor.