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El Cairo-Pirámides de Giza y Esfinge

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Distance
5.58 mi
Elevation gain
554 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
545 ft
Max elevation
322 ft
TrailRank 
63 5
Min elevation
57 ft
Trail type
One Way
Time
3 hours 11 minutes
Coordinates
654
Uploaded
April 13, 2023
Recorded
April 2023
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near Nazlat as Sammān, Giza (Egypt)

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Aswan - Cairo...Day 5

The previous afternoon we suffered several hours of uncertainty in the ship's bar, passing the time as we could,

Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan

waiting to be picked up to transfer to the airport, to fly to Cairo. We had the opportunity to comment and share anecdotes and information about the morning visit to the Nubian village.

Sailing on a felucca on the Nile and on a camel to the Nubian village

Unhappy with the conclusions we reached, we conspired against accepting any more optional excursions, in accordance with the sage advice that "If something happens once, it's someone else's fault, but if it happens twice, it's your own fault." At the airport, men and women went through security control through different doors, the ladies affirming that the agent in charge took her job very seriously, judging by how she felt all the nooks and crannies of their anatomy. Trying to forget the long wait lived before, we relaxed until boarding time, when verifying that the flights to Cairo leave normally. As we will arrive before dinner time, we decided to just have a drink and chat about the next visits. Watchmen equally, we see our flight announced on the panels, but to our surprise, "checking" and "boarding" appear at the same time. Still surprised, we went to the scheduled boarding gate when they announced it there. Happy to be the first, we suddenly realize that we are also the only ones. The nine people who came together in the minibus headed and finished the queue. A flight attendant seems to work on the computer at the counter in question, but when asked and looking at the boarding pass, she answers in English that she does not work for that airline. We start to hurry, we ask everyone who passes by in uniform, and the answers are always the same, "I don't know anything about that flight" and "I'm going to ask." With a terrified face we see how the announcement of our flight disappears, both from the boarding gate and from the information panels. Announcing the next flight at that same door, a long queue of passengers begins to form, all for Cairo, but at a different time than ours, and from another company. Now in a riot, we harassed left and right, both employees and passengers, sometimes demanding information and other times pleading for help. As a cohesive group in the face of common adversity, we face these bewildering events together. A girl trained in emergency situations and apparently with a lot of experience, proposes a plan: "Those of us who know English are going to ask questions and ask for solutions, the rest of us stand in line, demanding to be boarded." It seems like a good plan, although I recommend not shouting too loudly, in case the police are called, knowing as I do that riots on planes and airports are considered dangerous, because they are easily uncontrollable, and they are not taken lightly. On the verge of fainting, explanations come to us by a third way. Some have called representatives of their agencies in Spain, others our guide Ángel who will fly later, clarifying that they have picked up a large group late, that they are now going through the controls, and that the pilot, not to take off with us, only nine, He has decided to wait for them, since although important and nice, we know little about him. Although upset, we breathe relieved. We almost cheered when the leaders of that group began to arrive at a run, pale and sweaty. They are also angry at having been picked up late, badly and never, stuck without anyone giving them priority. They are comforted when I explain the situation to them, and euphoric, they shout in chorus: "That group is us." In the end we left three hours late, arriving in Cairo and the minibus at one in the morning. Another little surprise awaited us. The local guides have been waiting for several hours, for the four of us, who seem to have included dinner, they give us a shawarna, delicious by the way, and dealing with general resentments, they prepare to march towards the hotel. A policeman stops them dead and, hoping to be believed, I assure you that although I have no idea of Arabic, I deduced that they were asking for a bribe. Hallucinated and bewildered, they accompany him to a corner hidden from view, and we start back immediately. Fifty meters, wrongly counted, further on, a second agent stops, and although they argue, they put a few bills in his hand, before our eyes, with a resigned air. Being very smart, and quite modest indeed, I'm sure when they arrived it was other officers who were bribed, and because of the long delay, there was a shift change. At the hotel at two in the morning, we pass the umpteenth detector, which of course buzzes incessantly, and we run to the room to try to rest. I am aware that in principle this space was to explain the excursion to the pyramids, but you do not know well, what relieves, to be able to share with others the past troubles. For this and your patience, I thank you a thousand. I shake off my sorrows and continue with optimism.

Cairo...Day 6

The hotel is luxurious, beautiful and elegant in every corner, and the morning buffet, with show cooking included, is spectacular. They pick us up by minibus at 7:30 a.m., half an hour later than expected due to the late arrival time at the hotel the day before. We take the opportunity to share with Ángel what happened, and I introduce the subject of the bite. As always, he speaks highly of the current president, Abdelfatah el Sisi, asserting that sooner or later he will put an end to this ancient practice. That for the moment they have to resign themselves to going through hoops, to prevent tourists from being retained with supposed and eternal formalities. Arriving at the esplanade of the pyramids, he explains general information about them, advises us on how to proceed and meets us at the second parking lot after an hour. We chose to go to Kefren's pyramid, to enter its tunnels, reaching the burial chamber, to feel like pharaohs, although alive. As soon as we entered, we felt a burning breath of hot air on our faces, just like that of a steam bath, but with a jet. Seeing how other visitors come out sweaty, we prepare for the worst. As the ceiling is low, the steps are slippery and the ramp is very steep, we come across many people who must stop to catch their breath, while they look between hopeful and fearful, towards the exit. The dim lighting does its job, getting us to relive the experience of those who worked piecemeal here. Back on the surface, we wandered the plain, learning that those who blow the whistle, with proper accreditation hanging from their necks, seek to earn a few euros, making tourists pose. They make them pretend that they hold them, that they hold them or that they jump on them, and after taking the photo with their mobile phone, they proudly and proudly collect the fruit of their work. I confess that being a veteran, I ignored how many shouts and whistles were directed at me, some close to my ear. I take home-grown photos as a souvenir, especially that of a distant camel caravan, mounted by tourists, not Bedouins, disappearing into the horizon, while the sun guides them towards the Sphinx. Curiously, as I was able to verify in a poster, the price is different for natives and foreigners. When the time comes, they transport us to the Sphinx, where with patience and queuing, we can immortalize its beautiful image with the pyramids as a backdrop. Remembering my joke, Mr. Malak, regarding the fact that Cleopatra ordered his nose to be broken, because it was more beautiful than his, clarified that no, that to avoid his revenge for quarrels and for the aforementioned usurpations of deeds and monuments, they broke their noses to that they could not, with their breath, return to life. On the way out we visited a papyrus shop, where we had our second meeting with the trendsetters we saw posing at the gates of the Luxor Temple, and I confess that I was secretly glad, because, since photography was prohibited in this space, they wandered without neither direction nor purpose, with the same clothes as the other day, without anyone paying homage to them. Supplied with papyri of various sizes at varying prices, we headed for Memphis.

Visit to the ruins of Memphis

Waypoints

PictographFauna Altitude 190 ft
Photo ofCamellos Photo ofCamellos Photo ofCamellos

Camellos

PictographDoor Altitude 144 ft
Photo ofEntrada Giza Photo ofEntrada Giza Photo ofEntrada Giza

Entrada Giza

PictographMonument Altitude 73 ft
Photo ofEsfinge Photo ofEsfinge Photo ofEsfinge

Esfinge

PictographPhoto Altitude 62 ft
Photo ofFoto Frontal Photo ofFoto Frontal Photo ofFoto Frontal

Foto Frontal

PictographPanorama Altitude 304 ft
Photo ofMirador de las Pirámides Photo ofMirador de las Pirámides Photo ofMirador de las Pirámides

Mirador de las Pirámides

PictographPanorama Altitude 88 ft
Photo ofPanorámica Photo ofPanorámica Photo ofPanorámica

Panorámica

PictographMonument Altitude 232 ft
Photo ofPirámide de Kefrén Photo ofPirámide de Kefrén Photo ofPirámide de Kefrén

Pirámide de Kefrén

PictographMonument Altitude 209 ft
Photo ofPirámide de Keops Photo ofPirámide de Keops Photo ofPirámide de Keops

Pirámide de Keops

PictographMonument Altitude 234 ft
Photo ofPirámide de MIcerinos Photo ofPirámide de MIcerinos Photo ofPirámide de MIcerinos

Pirámide de MIcerinos

PictographRuins Altitude 195 ft
Photo ofPirámides Pequeñas Photo ofPirámides Pequeñas Photo ofPirámides Pequeñas

Pirámides Pequeñas

PictographCar park Altitude 62 ft
Photo ofPárquing 1 de Giza Photo ofPárquing 1 de Giza Photo ofPárquing 1 de Giza

Párquing 1 de Giza

PictographCar park Altitude 204 ft
Photo ofPárquing 2 de Giza Photo ofPárquing 2 de Giza Photo ofPárquing 2 de Giza

Párquing 2 de Giza

PictographCave Altitude 243 ft
Photo ofSala del Sarcófago Photo ofSala del Sarcófago Photo ofSala del Sarcófago

Sala del Sarcófago

PictographDoor Altitude 57 ft
Photo ofSalida de Giza Photo ofSalida de Giza Photo ofSalida de Giza

Salida de Giza

PictographRuins Altitude 75 ft
Photo ofTemplo de Amenhotep II Photo ofTemplo de Amenhotep II Photo ofTemplo de Amenhotep II

Templo de Amenhotep II

PictographTunnel Altitude 235 ft
Photo ofTúneles de Entrada Photo ofTúneles de Entrada Photo ofTúneles de Entrada

Túneles de Entrada

Comments  (2)

  • merchpi Jun 17, 2023

    I have followed this trail  View more

    Egipte és meravellós

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    Sóc Lluna Apr 27, 2024

    Impresionante grandeza

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