For any person, Cairo is directly associated with pyramids, mums and all that characterizes the ancient Egyptian civilization. This city is worthy of attention, but in recent years it has also become a "field" for militant confrontations. Arriving here in the framework of the excursion tour from Sharm-El-Sheikh, I was able to see the wagum echo. Many Cairo building lost their former attractiveness. They stand as if unported, without glasses. Depressing, of course, the picture.
Now there is a calm and risk, together with other tourists, decided to make a trip on a small airplane. So get much faster than on a tourist bus that rides from the coast about 8 hours.
From school years, I really wanted to see one of the wonders of the world, to visit the famous Museum. Finally managed to embody it.
Cairo, like many of the cities of the Third World, are built on contrasts. Here in the neighborhood there are modern buildings and those on which they say "without tears will not see." It seems to be a modern urbanized quarter, well-dressed people, but a little bit away old lech, garbage, poor people. Even terribly becomes from such a picture. It is not clear where you are in a modern city or some old village, where everything has fallen into decline and people live very poorly.
Well, we are not talking about it. Tourists are more interesting attractions famous worldwide. Of course, among them the famous pyramids Giza.
The largest, from the complex located here is the pyramids, the pyramid of Heops. It is along with a large sphinx and the Red Sea is an Egypt business card. Unique construction. It actually remained unchanged in size, only a little bit looked at the top of the pyramid as a result of earthquakes. For the time in which it was built, it is incredible. Having modern equipment and instruments of labor, the Egyptians were able to build a pyramid from more than 2 million blocks, each of which weighs at least 2.5 tons. Until now, scientists are lost in guesses about how it all was built. Some tend to think about the fact that alien creatures helped in construction. Versions, hypotheses, myths associated with the pyramids Giza has always been a lot. So now scientific research does not cease. Many Egyptologists are still looking for a "sore" pyramids. It was possible to crawl into the pyramid through a very narrow hole, but I didn't do it. My desire beat off the terrible smell that came from somewhere from the inside. Then there was an inspection of a large sphinx. I would like to note the fact that in photographs in guidebooks, video footage on television all these buildings look somehow pile, monumental than in fact.
The second visit was to the Egyptian Museum. He is known worldwide with its rarest exhibits.
Here, in more than a hundred parliaments, the collection of Egyptian antiquities is presented, including sarcophages, statues, precious products from tombs, tools from copper, painted ceramic products, as well as mummies. Exhibits are more than 1500, but their number is constantly increasing due to new finds. Ancient Egypt was a truly unique civilization, the most developed at that time, not honing today. For children, visiting the museum will be very inquisitive, because here it is possible to see all that we studied everything as part of the history of the ancient world. The cost of the entrance ticket to the Museum of 7 dollars. Most of the time is held here. Very interesting exposures, I want to see everything literally.
It was possible to make a water river around Cairo. From the deck of a small tourist boat, urban buildings were visible, flew past the famous El Tahira Garden, in which a lot of sculptures performed in the style of ancient masters of Egypt was collected.
Walking around the city allowed Cairo even more. Sections are narrow streets, or even broad boulevards, statues of Pharaohs, Lviv, all this is in Cairo. I can not say unequivocally liked this city or not. I did not have a feeling of psychological comfort, being here. Always was on the onset. I do not know, maybe it is purely my opinion. Impressions remained good. Of course, for one visit to Cairo to see a lot failed, but I visited the iconic places. I can not say that I want to come back here again. I was enough once.