cruise, last. EGYPT.

Here is the last post from the cruise, FINALLY.

We arrived in the port of Alexandria and then had about an 7 hour drive to the out skirts of Cairo (the largest city in Africa and the capital of Egypt). It is these sort of times when an iPod and book comes in handy. It also helps if you can sleep on transport.

Sorry, I mentioned in Rhodes, that we didnt see one of the Ancient wonders, i must of been delusional or something as the Great Pyramid of Giza is the last of the Seven wonders of the Ancient World in tact.

^^Here we are walking in front of one of the giza pyramids. (i am in the blue)

^^I thought of this, here we are making the word E G Y P T.

^^Here i am in front of one of the Pyramids.

^^The girls and I in front of the Three Great Pyramids. They were seriously AMAZING.

^^Ivana, Me and Mariana in front of the three great pyramids.

^^The Three Pyramids: (Right to Left) Great Pyramid of Khufu, Pyramid of Khafre and the Pyramid of Menkaure.

^^Being egyptian infront of the Sphinx. The Sphinx is now missing a nose and a beard, however early drawings show the Sphinx without a nose and fragments of the beard are held in museums.

^^The girls in front of the Pyramids. I dont know why, but i feel this photograph looks so fake. The colour has been edited for one and also it just seems so, "sureal".

^^How Ironic, a human pyramid at the pyramids. I am middle row second from left.

^^ I dont remember the name of this tomb, i tried looking on Wikipedia for a while, but there are quite a few. This wasn't in one of the "greats" but they are structures "associated with the Pyramid of Menkaure" (the smallest one.)
However, i was quite the rebel and photos were forbidden. So when i was in a spot by myself i took a quick photo, but dont worry, i made sure that the flash was off as that can damage the insides.

^^Another quick picture taken from the inside of the tomb.

^^This was just taken from the bus, a quick shot of the locals going to markets, selling fruits ect.

^^This girl charged people to take photos of her. But i thought it was quite cute how she was taking the goat around. Although it was just another form of begging.

Thats all of the Easter trip photos now. The photos will now continue to be of Switzerland and things i am up to. In all, the cruise was an amazing experience and i was glad to see the pyramids, however i thought that a day in Egypt was fine. You may of noticed that the girls were wearing long skirts, jeans and tshirts. This was because it was out of respect for the muslims.

xx. S

Turkey

Turkey, Izmir.

^^ Here is the "House of the Virgin Mary" and the sign that was outside.

^^ This here is a "prayer" wall. People write their prayers on peices of tissue, paper, whatever they have handy and tie it to this wall.

^^some ruins at Agora of Smyrna


^^some of the ruins at Agora of Smyrna. I thought the detail on this was amazing.

^^some more ruins from Agora of Smyrna

^^ a "TAKSI".

^^We went to a carpet store and the owners gave us apple tea. While drinking he explained the process of carpet making.
What they do is the silk worm eggs are collected and then put into a large wooden container of boiling water. They then grab the eggs with this brush and attach it to the wheel. (see below)

xx. S

CRUISE P2, Rhodes, Cyprus.

Rhodes is a greek island, It is known for its the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. However, Our tour did not take us to see one of these wonders. Rhodes still was a beautiful island.

^^ a mosaic in the Palace of the Grand Master.

^^ The view of the sea and the Palace of the Grand Master.

^^ The view of one of the buildings.

^^ a dome. I am not sure actually what this is.

Cyprus is the Mediterranean's third largest island, and one of its most popular tourist destinations, attracting over 2.4 million tourists per year. It is located near Greece, Turkey and Egypt.

^^ amazing views.

^^ there was orange trees everywhere.


^^ the ruins.

^^ a mosaic in one of the churches.

There are only two more posts left of the cruise, turkey and then egypt.

xx. S