Lexie's Coexisting in the Holy Land: Walk Like an Egyptian

This last week we went to Egypt and it was soo much fun!! On our way there we stopped at a kibbutz before the border which was really neat and they took us to the sand dunes. Then we crossed the border at Taba on the Red Sea into Egypt!! We drove through the Sinai peninsula until we got to Cairo where we stayed the night and went to the sound and light show at the pyramids. Then the next day we went to the Giza plateau where we saw the pyramids and the spinx. We also went to Memphis and Saqqara where there is the first pyramid called a step pyramid. Then that night we flew to Luxor and stayed in the really nice Sheraton there. The next day we went to the Valley of the Kings and saw the tombs of Ramses II and King Tutankhamun which was really cool because we could still see the paint on the hieroglyphs inside the tombs and we saw the mummy of King Tut. Then we went to Queen Hatshepsut's funerary temple which was huge and really neat. We also went to a tomb that the Abraham faxcimille was possibly found. Later that afternoon we took a faluka (sail boat) ride on the nile to meet up with a bunch of camels and we all went for a camel ride along the Nile. That night we got to go to the suuq, the market, which was really interesting but kind of cool. The next day we went to the huge Karnak Temple which was really cool and really fun and we took a carriage ride from there over to the Luxor Temple which was really cool. We then took another carriage ride to the hotel where we had the rest of the afternoon off and got to swim and we went to the Winter Palace Hotel where all of the rich and famous people have stayed. Then that night we took an overnight train ride back to Cairo and I was actually surprised as to how much sleep I was able to get, but that was probably due to the dramamine that I took. But we got there at 4 in the morning and it was still way to early! But then that day we went to old Cairo and to the old coptic churches there which were really cool. Then we went to the Hard Rock Cafe which was pretty good. Then we went to the Khan el Khalili Bazaar and we were able to buy some fun souvenirs which were fun. That night we pretty much just hung out in the hotel and went to bed early. Then the next day we went to the Muhammad Ali Mosque which was huge and really cool! Then we started our drive out to the Sinai and got there that night. Then the next morning we woke up at 2 am and started our hike up to Mt. Sinai which was pretty hard but really cool and totally worth it! We sang and talked up there which was really cool and we watched the sunrise!! Then we took our long bus ride back to Jerusalem and got to stop at another kibbutz and had a really good dinner and ice cream!! Overall it was an amazing and exhausting trip!!!