The Cateract Pyramid Resort is a scummy hotel where, for the staff, everything is too much trouble. But it has a bed, shower and air conditioning which meets immediate needs. I am two days early in checking in and the down time is most welcome for catching up with sleep,laundry and writing this blog. A couple of hours a day at the pool is helping get a base tan and collection of mosquito bites.
On Tuesday, Charles (the real one) and Jenny arrived in Cairo. It is great to have company. We visit the pyramids at Giza and Sakkara on Wednesday and the Egyptian museum on Thursday. The Egyptian museum is as big a disappointment as it was 10 years ago. There was talk back then of building a new museum at Giza to house the many artifacts in storage and still being discovered. Now, 10 years later, it is still being talked about. The museum is old and the exhibits badly labelled, if labelled at all. In 2000 you could bring cameras into the museum and photograph whatever you liked. Now they are banned. To add insult to injury, the death mask of Tutankhamun is not on display as it is on tour. This museum was a rip off 10 years ago and hasn’t improved since.
On Sunday, Jenny will return to Doha and Charles and myself will head back across the Sinai to Nuweiba. This time it will be by car and we expect to make the 4PM ferry back to Aqaba. From there the drive to Petra will be about 100 KM.
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