We woke up early, and left for the hot air balloon ride. It took about five minutes to get there, and them we jumped into a balloon. The flames shooting up onto the balloon looked just like what I think dragon fire would look like. We rose very quickly, and then leveled off. At our highest point we could still hear the donkeys braying.
When we landed, we then drove to Hatshepsut’s temple. She was the only female Egyptian pharaoh to rule Egypt (Cleopatra was Greek) When she died, her successor destroyed her temple, and they have only recently put it back together.
Then we went to the famous Valley of the Kings. We saw three tombs. My favorite was of King Ramses the 3rd, because it was so brightly colored and big. We didn’t go in King Tut’s tomb because it was $20 a person to go in.
Next we went to Karnack Temple. It was very big, and very beautiful. There I learned that there are only 10 erect obelisks in Egypt, and 50 elsewhere in the world! We left rather quickly, because it was so hot.
Then we went for lunch at the Oasis Café, I had a very good grilled cheese sandwich, and fresh lemonade. There we met our tour guide from Cairo, with some other tourists from Rhode Island (they were funny!). We went shopping together, and had dinner together at our hotel. Emy and I got a pendant with our names in Hieroglyphics!
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