Pyramids of Giza – Dave and Kay's Travel Adventures

Tuesday, March 26th and 27th, 2019

Today we took our motorcoach back to Cairo. It was about a two and a half hour drive back to Cairo and to our hotel for the night. We saw a lot of baked Arabic bread being sold along the streets as we traveled.One last look at the Giza Pyramids as we arrived in Cairo.Some of the people in our group wanted to purchase some Egyptian cotton items so our guide had our bus driver stop at a cotton store in town called Funky Brothers. They carried all kinds of cotton items like clothing, scarves, sheets, etc…

Then on to our last hotel stay in Cairo!

Below are a few pictures from the JW Marriott Cairo that we stayed at our last night in Cairo. It was quite a beautiful resort.

The next morning, Wednesday, March 27th was a very long day as we left for the airport and our long journey home! There was a lot of security at the airport!

Our flight left Cairo around 9:30 AM (3:30 AM EST) and arrived at JFK in NYC around 3:30 PM. It was a 12 hour flight. Our layover in New York was about 4 1/2 hours. We arrived home close to 11:30 PM. So it was a 24 hour travel day! We had so many incredible experiences in Egypt! This blog only touches part of our adventures in Egypt!

Friday, March 15th, 2019 and Saturday, March 16th, 2019

On Friday, we flew from Columbus to JFK where we would catch our international flight to Cairo. We flew on EgyptAir. It was a smooth flight without any problems. It was about 5,614 miles from New York to Cairo, Egypt.

On Saturday we arrived, mid-morning, and disembarked, claimed our luggage, paid our Visa and met our assistant in Cairo, Marcus and our Egyptologist for our group, Maha. We all boarded our bus for our trip to our hotel in Cairo, the Conrad Cairo.

Below is the view from our hotel room. We can look at the Nile.

We had enough time in our room to shower and change clothes before meeting in the lobby to go to the Light and Sound Show at the Pyramids of Giza.

We saw many Tuk-tuks. They are small 3-wheeled vehicles.

Our first view of the pyramids of Giza!

We were surprised that businesses were so close to the pyramids and the sphinx. A misconception on our part!

Our group was there early enough to get good seats for the show. Being in the desert, when the sun went down it was chilly! The cool weather and breezy conditions did not keep us from enjoying the Light and Sound Show!