I've been in Cairo several days now, I think I like it better than Alexandria. The place I'm staying half as much as my place in Alexandria and twice as nice. Just as in Alex, I usually fit right in here, as long as I don't where my basketball shorts around, cause everyone here wheres pants no matter how hot it is.
I met some really cool people at the hostel here and went with them sight seeing the last couple of days. We took a taxi all day for about 10 bucks and he showed us the Pyramids of Giza, Darshour, and Saqqara, or however you spell it. We rented some horses for the Giza pyramids, and I was glad we did because the grounds are huge. As we made our way through the city, the pyramids came into view through the morning fog; they were huge! Its been a while since i've been stunned by a tourist attraction, but so far the pyramids surpassed my expectations. They are really small mountains and as you get closer they just keep getting bigger and bigger. Its ridiculous. Our tour guide with the horses was a young lad that spoke pretty good english. He got in an argument with one of the security guards; they both pulled out guns! But then they settled down and everything was cool.
The blocks at the base of the pyramid are huge. later in the day we went to other pyramids and went inside of one. we had to climb backwards down a tiny corridor that had just enough space to let someone pass by you on their way out. It was amazing seeing how precise the stonework was given the size of the blocks and the overall size of the structure.