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I think at one point at the beginning of our journey my underwear were peeking out of the back of my jeans. The guide kept falling behind my camel, which was hitched behind my partners. As soon as I pulled my t-shirt down, he started riding alongside us again.
I felt really bad for the camel guide who was walking after about 10 minutes and worried that he was going to have to walk for the whole 2 hours. At the 10 minute mark, the “tourguide” pointed to me and asked what I was to my partner-“Who is she? Just a friend? Or just a girlfriend?” My partner answered “She’s my wife.” And then the camel guide hopped in the saddle with my partner.
There were almost no people in the area we were in which was nice. We only saw 3 other tourists and a few people out on their camels or horses. About halfway through the “tour” a friend of theirs with 3 horses pulled up. The camel guide stopped walking, stopped the camels, walked over and handed the lead to the tour guide. The tour guide shook his head “no” and seemed to be telling the camel guide that he couldn’t leave in the middle of the tour.
Every 5 minutes the tourguide would ask us if we wanted to stop and take pictures. I think we stopped only 3 times. First was at the panoramic site-where you can see 7 of the 9 Giza pyramids (3 small, 3 large and the profile of the last small 3) plus the city and the Sahara Desert. Next was at the Pyramid of Khufu (the largest Pyramid in Egypt). And third at the Sphinx. Our guide obviously wanted us to stop more (I think to extend the tour) and also offered to drive us up to the pyramids so we could touch them (but we didn’t want to make the trek there and back) and was very put off if we declined. I’m sorry but I don’t need 10 views of the same set of pyramids.
It was an experience to travel to see the pyramids by camel. It was I’m sure more peaceful than lining up for one of the 300 tickets they pass out at 8 and 1:00 and being harassed by sellers. But it was more expensive than the standard rate of 25LE an hour for a camel.
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