August 13, 2007

Our last day in Egypt. So what better to do than go to Dahshur to see the bent pyramid – and the black pyramid, and the red pyramid, and King Sneferu's wife Hetepheres' pyramid, and another one off in the distance. It was fabulous. The bent pyramid has the most limestone covering left of all the pyramids, and we got to go down (way down) into the red pyramid, which is King Sneferu's second one. See the website at www.guardians.net/egypt
This evening we met up with Mary Jean and Neil Crouch, and their friend Terry from Comox, for a delicious picnic on a Felucca (sailboat). The winds were favourable and we sailed up and down the Nile until past dark. What a glorious sunset. It was such a fun way to end our stay here. The time has gone far more quickly than I anticipated. Now here we are, saying farewell to the lovely people we have met. There is still so much to see and do, we'll have to come back; especially to do the Nile cruise, which we decided to postpone until the weather cools down a bit.
We are looking forward to getting to Cyprus tomorrow. We will let you know how the move goes.
Bye for now.
Love,
Laurel
p.s. pictures to come later with a better internet connection