Giza,
Egypt.
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Mena House, Giza, Egypt. |
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Arrived by taxi for late lunch Friday 31st. March 1995, having missed the coach tour en-route from Cairo. Remembering books I have read that mention this famous hotel it was quite a feeling to actually BE here. 
A wonderful relaxed lunch in the beautiful restaurant - ordering from the menu items unrecognisable when pronounced with an Australian accent. Nice wine, exotic Egyptian desert, pleasant company - and out the window - the towering shape of the great Cheops pyramid ! Inside - intricate brass lanterns, delicate filigree chains covering the windows, crisp snowy white linen, waiters gliding past dressed the part - vivid lasting impressions. |
Collecting a box of matches from an Irishman in the bar - so I didn't think I'd dreamt it all, we returned to the group to ride camels, explore, clamber and be part of the world's greatest tourist attraction. An alternative to the obstacle course of self-appointed guides, hustlers, souvenir shops, alabaster factories and papyrus museums was to jolt terrified atop a particularly ugly animal while being held to ransom unable to stop and dismount until the next obstacle course was reached. First class service - wish I had stayed longer. |
