Beggaring belief, development has encroached right up to the edge of the great Pyramids of Giza
My only visit to Egypt was in 1990. It was primarily for business and my sightseeing was confined to a morning’s visit to see the Sphinx and the Pyramids just outside Cairo.
We did not cross miles of cinnamon-dusted desert on camels to reach the site. Instead, driving down the main street of Giza, the Pyramids suddenly appeared upfront like the Fairyland Castle at the end of Main Street in Disneyland!
I find it hard to fathom that a bustling built-up suburb with buildings, streetlights, cars and markets has been permitted to encroach on one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Click here to read a short story from my 1990 visit.
So enjoyed this Michael – and to think I lived there 1977 – 1979; truckload of memories negotiating the landmines on the gaza strip and watching the children appearing out of the rubbish tips “their homes”. … the dysentry – but let’s not go there! Dinner with Juanita tomorrow – haven’t seen her for a year! In Sydney Dec 8 – 12 with her hope you may be around …Yr little girlx