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After lunch.. we went to Cairo Airport… here we go…

then we check in all our luggage…

and wait for our flight… i mean waiting for our boarding time…

and this… is the controller…

tada….

let’s start playing…

want to make a phone call?

can play game here.. hmm.. if they have build in PSP or wii on the plane will be much nicer right…

war… what’s this for? shopping?

what’s this mean? i don’t understand wor..

here you go… the flight gonna depart…

check out the desert.. see.. is all desert down there.. this is the first time i see desert from the plane…

finally we are on the plane… and having our.. err. dinner? breakfast? err. nvm lar.. just eat… oh can you see what’s on the screen.. that’s the movie i watching on the plane.. “The Seeker”

this is what i gonna eat in the plane…

OMG.. what cake is this.. look so scary… -_-”

hmm.. the middle east chicken with rice.. look weird.. or i should say yucky.. but taste nice.. taste yummy..

Overall Egypt was a nice place to visit.. a real nice historical place to visit… there’s lots of things that i like about Egypt. The history, the friendly people there, the pyramid, the camel… etc…

This trip… i get to know the pyramid better.. i get to know the process of doing a mummy… and i get to know how they actually process the papyrus… and so on.. lots of things… and the best thing is.. i get to know some new egypt friends… 小莫(xiao mo), Reham, and Ahmad too.. they are all nice peoples…

P.S. I LOVE YOU
- AprilCherrie

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First of all… would like to say Happy Holiday.. yeah.. today is Labour day… so.. most of the people not working right.. hehehe… cool.. so… make sure you rest enough.. to go for your next journey… are you guys working on Friday? nope? gonna have a long holiday? so good…. as for me.. i gonna work.. till Saturday afternoon.. yeah.. this Saturday is my turn to work… half day… ^^ then gonna go KL.. and prepare myself.. for the next trip…

Post for: 11th April 2008 (Egypt date)

Today is the last day in Egypt.. hmm.. and this is the first day i actually have time in the morning to take breakfast and have a cup of tea @ the room…

see.. after preparing.. packing all.. then Brandon and I chill out @ the balcony.. where’s Brandon? he’s the photographer.. so.. hehehe.. not in this picture…

see what i did in the morning.. having breakfast.. and watch movie thru my pink PSP.. and a cup of tea.. OMG… so relaxing…

before leaving.. let me show you.. how the toilet look like.. this is the toilet… with two toilet bowl… this is the first time i see this kind of toilet… (aiya.. i rarely go oversea.. that’s why lots of things also don’t know) But Brandon told me that.. is normal to have toilet bowl like this… i was like -_-” one for pee.. and another for shit? -_-”

Before leaving.. we pay a visit to the shop in the Hotel. Trying to check out if there’s anything that i can buy :p Actually the accessories here is nice.. just that the price.. is a bit over my budget.. phew.. so.. end up i didn’t buy… But Brandon mum and aunt bought quite number of accessories here… end up… Brandon and I become friend of the shop owner there… here’s a picture of me and 小莫… Ya he have a chinese name as well.. and.. he actually know how to speak and listen Mandarin and Cantonese as well.. nice and friendly person…

This is Brandon and 小莫.. really nice meeting you 小莫… (we actually exchange MSN with him as well..) hahaha.. and he actually gave me something as a gift before i leave… thanks bro…

before leaving.. let’s take a picture of the Hotel entrance.. here you go.. this is the Intercontinental Pyramids Park Resort Cairo that we stay for few days… is a nice Hotel..

After check out.. is Lunch time… ya… we went to… TGI Friday’s on FRIDAY. hahahha

I feel so happy when i see TGIF… cause make me feel like i’m actually in some place that i know.. err.. u know… err.. how to describe arr.. arr. hard to describe.. ee…

OMG.. did you see something weird? that’s Brandon and the waiter.. hahaha… yeah.. Brandon cloth.. lots a bit similar to the waiter’s cloth there.. just that one is vertical, another is horizontal.. hahaha… Brandon… don’t lie to me ok.. you actually work here right…

ok.. before we start eating.. let’s do some jumping exercise…

Brandon and his parents.. OMG.. Bran.. your cloth same design with the shop…

Design of the ceiling.. in the restaurant…

me and the waiter… she’s so cute…

Brandon.. seriously.. u look like one of them…

ok.. after all the pictures… here we come.. the first dish… the soup… is real nice…
Yummy Rating: 10/10
Remark: omg.. really nice.. this is the nicest mushroom soup i ever drink…

see… the waiters there… so friendly…

the decoration in the restaurant.. everyone was talking about the interior design of the Restaurant.. cause they put lots of things on the wall.. hahaha.. was thinking.. maybe we should keep some of our old things.. maybe next time we will get to use them like this… as a decoration in our house.. hahaha… just like how the Hard Rock cafe did it.. they put the whole car man…

after that is the salad time..without any dressing.. phew.. but still acceptable…

OMG.. the chili sauce they gave us.. look so hot and spicy

Ahmad.. what are you doing here… you don’t want eat arr?

and here you come.. the Heinz Tomato Ketchup… the Ketchup i like most…

and lastly.. here comes the dessert.. OMG.. i tell you this is soooo nice
Yummy Rating: 10/10
Remark: seriously.. not joking… is superb nice… most of the people finish it… but i didn’t cause.. i’m too full.. the top and the bottom part is actually some cookies… and right in the middle is actually the ice cream… omg.. is just sooo nice… and sweet.. after eating it… will feel really happy.. i wonder can we get that in Malaysia’s TGIF.. really miss it so much lor

some other decoration in the Restaurant…

Ya we are still in TGIF… this is the garden style table… which is just right next to the Restaurant…

they have shisha here too.. phew.. Brandon actually bought one of them.. small one.. i should say.. tiny one… for decoration purposes… cause 小莫 said that.. too small is not so easy to “SMOKE” …

After our LUNCH.. is time to say bye bye to Egypt, Cairo, Alexandria… this few days really was real nice… Egypt is really not like what i expected.. is far better than what i expected i should say..

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hmm.. right after all the shoppings… is time for dinner… where we gonna have our dinner?

hmm.. what hotel is this? we gonna have dinner here?

hehe.. nope.. not in the hotel… but beside the hotel.. which is Hard Rock Cafe.. yeah.. they have Hard Rock Cafe in Cairo

the big guitar at their entrance…

wow.. the whole cafe so empty.. looks like they reserve quite lots of table for us…

woot.. today gonna have buffet in Hard Rock… let’s see what to take…

tada.. this is what i took for my dinner.. y eah.. lots of cucumber and potatoes.. yeah.. i like potatoes and cucumber….

the Car.. omg… will it fall down one arr? no right… but nice lor.. imagine if our house.. we design it this way… put a car.. in our house wall.. hmm…

the soup.. nice.. yummy

suddenly the staff… went up to the stage there.. they sing and dance… but not sure what they sing.. cant really hear

tada.. Brandon and I.. enjoying our dinner…

woo… nice deco… first time i see this kind of decoration

yeah.. after dinner.. is time to shop again.. yeah.. i shop here.. i bought some thing here.. actually only bought one.. hehehe

keke.. why got two shopping bag? cause.. one is Brandon’s Bro… and one belong to me…

hehe.. this way please… to Hard Rock Cafe…

me and the giant guitar…

hehe.. what am i doin? i have no idea.. just trying to take pic with my converse shoes

ehehehe.. why are we so happy? i think they told some jokes while we taking photos.. that’s why Brandon laugh non stop…

war.. Bran… i only buy one thing here ler… don’t lar step on me… just one only mar…

tada.. the entrance of Hard Rock Cafe..

i like the tiles.. so i use my leg to point at it…

who knows suddenly got so many legs join.. on the right is Brandon’s leg.. on the left is actually one of the waiter legs… hahaha

after dinner then is time to move back to our hotel.. weee… really like the local here… they are so polilte.. and good… when we try to cross the road.. the car will actually stop and let us cross.. and smile with us all… OMG.. so friendly can?

when we reach Hotel we didn’t rest right after that.. we actually walk around.. and found out that there’s a shop still opening.. so we went in there and visit visit…

take some photos… and…

some night view of the hotel…

as well as the swimming pool…

then.. finally we rest… hmm.. there’s goes our day 5.. tomorrow is the last day we gonna stay in Egypt… we leaving Egypt real soon.. haih.. don’t know when will have chance to come here again…

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Today is the last day of sight seeing… phew… after so many days of visiting Egypt.. finally is the last day… but.. we are not going back to Malaysia yet… Today we gonna go walk around.. shop around… and because there’s lots of times left.. so we gonna go back Al-Khalili Bazaar to do some final shopping…

Same as previous day… we wake up around 7am… and start our last day visiting around 8am… ya.. this is one of the photo i took from the bus.. this is a local girl sitting in the bus…

Another photos i took from the bus… a guy selling bread by the road

and this.. i keep saw this kind of decoration… not really decoration… normally they will put up the cloth around the building when the building is under constructions… something new…

cute right… this is what we cant see in Malaysia

actually there’s reasons behind it.. on why their buildings is build in this way.. and not with paint.. and some of them even build halfway.. cause in that case… they don’t need to pay tax to the government…

here.. this is the last place we gonna visit in Egypt… This is what they called the Sadat Tomb… This is the site where the late President (Mohamed Anwar El Sadat) was assassinated in 1981…

ok.. let’s camwhore here first…

they have soldier there.. to take care of the Sadat Tomb

OMG.. Brandon.. What you doing @ ppl’s Tomb lar

err.. me too.. somemore JUMP there.. siao can

OMG.. the soldier look so serious

view from the bottom of triangle building…

Taking a pic with the soldier.. err… so scaree can?? WHY SCARY? see the way the soldier holding the sword… like going to kill himself like tat…

A pic of Brandon, Iris… and Me.. at Sadat Tomb…

A group photo @ Sadat Tomb…

me alone @ the sadat tomb…

Brandon.. doing the Buddha jump…

Me and Reham… at Sadat Tomb

After visiting Sadat Tomb… we pass by here.. remember the Citadel i post previously?

OMG… here relaly got lots of ORANGE SHOP

they have KFC and Pizza Hut here too… but we actually not eating here…

here.. is where we gonna have our lunch.. the Nile Dragon…

yeah.. is a ship.. but is a not moving SHIP… not the SHIP… is the china SHIP

here’s the interior design of the Nile Dragon Restaurant…

the roof design of the ship

hmm.. waiting for our food…

first.. is a pot of soup… real HUGE pot

the spring rolll

the sambal belacan that the travel agency brought from Malaysia for us…

the chicken… according to them… most of their chicken are… KAMPUNG CHICKEN.. which mean is not those like factory chicken… always sit, eat and sleep till the day they die.. in another words… more healthy…

the Mah Poh Toufu.. taste so so.. not so nice…

the fried egg…

the sweet and sour fish

the cabbage…

the vege…

and lastly they have fruits… and is ORANGE… again.. and Honeydew… oh ya.. their HONEYDEW.. is real HONEY.. i mean.. really SWEET.. nice

after lunch we took some photos around the ship…

hmm… wat am i doing there? posing lu.. after lunch then we gonna move to the City Stars Mall…

war…. on the way to the mall we saw this.. OMG… the military base…

and here’s the City Stars Centre… and guess what… we did bought something here.. something that i really like.. which i will blog about it in the souvenir post…

One thing about this City Stars Centre.. is… very safe… cause.. every person who get in there need to go thru a scanner… and all the bags you bring in need to go thru the x-ray machine.. phew… serious.. no joke… we really go thru all those in order to get in there…

and here’s the last place we get to see Reham… after this Reham not going to accompany us anymore… and here’s the place we say bye bye to her… sad can…

after this we going back to Al-Khalili Bazaar.. which we bought something there as well.. ya some souvenir again.. hmm.. then.. we move on for our dinner.. our last dinner @ Egypt… Where we had our dinner? will post about it tomorrow…

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This is our Hotel Lobby area… big….

I capture all the photos when we reach hotel.. this is the first time we reach Hotel this early.. cause we need to prepare our self for the dinner later.. and rest a bit lar of course…

The swimming pool.. so big.. but.. we didn’t bring swimming suit there.. initially i did bring.. but Brandon said no need.. so end up.. haih

here’s the lobby… Hotel here is not tall like what we have in KL… but most of their Hotel Style is like that.. not more than 5 floors…

here’s the garden… full with flowers… phew…

normally what i do.. just pass by this place every morning.. and night.. when we about to leave hotel or going back to the room sure will pass this place… and guess what.. they have Movenpick here too…

OMG.. can you imagine? this is the first ever cactus i saw in EGYPT.. what’s this? some more the cactus is not in the desert.. -_-”

Seriously the Egypt i went is not as what i imagine….

This is the corridor outside our hotel Room…

OK… after some rest… now is time to MOVE.. to our GALA Dinner place… i tell you.. there’s police around guide us from the entrance.. to… the middle of the desert… the whole journey was quite dark… and scary.. cause we cant see anything at all.. just can see.. some of the light that the police who stand in the middle of the desert… and some torch that is lit up earlier.. (don’t know by who)

end up we are guide to a place… like this…

When we just reach… (ya we are the first bus who reach the place) suddenly there’s music… scary

Besides music.. there’s horse dancing there.. omg.. horse can dance?

and there’s performance there playing with the fire.. OMG.. didn’t mama tell you that don’t play with fire? becareful ok?

OMG… not only that.. he can do like how the dinosaur do.. -_-” got fire…

there’s other performance there too.. they keep pull us to the crowd.. and dance together with them…

war… turn turn turn…

there’s camel there too.. u can ride again…

see.. everyone dancing happily there…

we all keep go near to the performance there and take photos…

tada.. wan take picture with the performance?

war.. where’s the head?

omg… he can really turn…

he’s really good in this… is not easy to turn the cloth ok.. is heavy.. cause i got hit by the cloth a bit just now.. phew.. a bit pain…

that’s Brandon, Ali and Ahmad.. hahaha.. no lar.. both of the are our colleague too..

see.. they invite me go dance with them.. shy can…

Brandon and the performer…

here’s the CEO and the CEO wife.. wearing like the pharoh…

there’s free henna out of the tent too…

this is how big the tent is.. our dinne gonna be in this tent…

Brandon and the performer…

they dance in the tent again…

see… htere’s two cloth turning…

OMG.. got different level of turning…

see.. nice can?

OMG.. this guy so tall can?

See… this is the tent…

can you see the plastic? thru the plastic… the transparent… we can actually see pyramid…

before we check out the pyramids in night mode.. let’s see what we eat tonight… here’s the chicken.. cold…

here’s the cold salmon…

OMG.. how come the egg there got this thing.. what’s that ler?

the chicken that i can’t finish.. phew…

the best thing of the night.. the chocolate ice cream… phew… nice can… you save my life…

but come to think of it.. didn’t xpect to have nice food there… cause we are really in the middle of desert.. how can they cook there? how can they get water supply and all that… so.. don’t xpect too much lar.. is consider not bad d…

here… we walk out the tent.. then we will get to see this view.. the night view of the Great Pyramid… nice view from this angle can? we get to see all the pyramids from here…

here’s brandon and the pyramids…

OMG.. the light will keep change color.. -_-”

group photo.. too bad i didn’t bring tripod… -_- sigh…

omg… so many colors…

Brandon and his colleague…

they sell kacang putih there too..

Did you ever think of how we go toilet.. right in the middle of the desert? hmm.. they did think about that.. so…

ya..they CREATED a toilet for us.. somemore they decorate it.. -_-”

not only outside.. but inside of the toilet too… phew.. and seriously… the toilet.. not smell.. is clean and tidy.. and… guess what.. got air conditioning in there.. actually not really got air cond in there lar.. just that is cooling in there ^^

before we go back.. let’s take a final shots with the pyramids.. this time the pyramids is in purple blue and white color.. OMG.. i LOVE egypt…

There goes our Gala Dinner… nice can.. really unforgettable experience…

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After the visit of the Stepped Pyramid… next.. we gonna visit… the…

Horse? hmm.. nope… this is just one of the scene i capture there…

The Grand Pyramid of Giza… which is one of the Seven wonders… want to know more about this Seven wonders of the world? Click HERE or HERE

actually from this angle we get to see three pyramids…

take a closer look at the pyramids… now you know how big is the stone on the pyramids d…

Brandon and i… ya.. i’m fully covered by the cloths… again.. and caps as well…

Police there do have a bike.. ^^ not all riding a camel…

is me again.. ya.. after took photos from that angel.. we going to another angel.. to…

yeah.. ride a camel… so.. which one i gonna ride? This camel is in “Parking” mode.. hehehe

war… they so tall.. i’m sitting on the camel.. which is still in “parking” mode.. ya.. parking mode like the previous photo…

war… suddenly our camel stand up.. OMG.. so tall can… is sooooOOO… HIGH up… omg.. and.. this camel.. is not our camel.. i mean this photo.. this camel was the camel that Brandon’s parents riding… don’t know what he doing.. maybe he feel sleepy…

tada.. their camel also get up already…

this is our camel.. hmm… so scary ok.. when he try to get up from the parking mode…

see.. from this angle.. we can see the three pyramid clearly… especially on the camel

war… war.. seems like everyone is ready… let’s goooo…

Tada… we are on the move… gonna go where?

there.. can see the three pyramid? yeah.. we going there…

this photos.. make me feel like… “Journey to the West” The 西游记… Egypt version.. and did you realize.. who actually guiding our Camel? is a kid.. and he’s just 10 years old.. -_-”

the whole journey is about 20 mins… so nice can…

this photos was taken by the small kid.. ya.. he took the camera and said that will help us take photo…

and this… he take a photo of himself.. i was like.. CUTE can.. hahaha

this is one of the photos the kid help us take…

after around 20mins.. we reach the destination.. and… tada… me on the camel (in parking mode) together with the 10 years old kid…

The kid.. and the photographer of the day…

more camel there.. waiting… in parking mode…

get a closer look at the parking mode Camel…

Brandon and the Camel

the camel so cute can…

nope.. they are not smelly…

and yes.. they are very cute…

woot.. me jumping halfway… hahaha

brandon… with his jumping pose…

Camel.. bye bye.. we gonna go in pyramid now..

Yeap.. i did went in to the pyramid… hmm.. after the guide told us that.. is very deep… very narrow… very small.. and is not recommended to people who got heart problem, or panic attack.. etc… after all that.. i still decided to go in.. although i’m a bit scare… still.. not everytime will get chance to come egypt right…

how narrow?
here..

i got this photos from one of the web.. cause i didn’t get to bring camera in.. phew.. who knows.. after we get in there.. the pyramid guide only tell us that.. we actually can take photo with our phone.. -_-” and the best thing is.. we didn’t bring our phone…

actually the whole journey.. from outside to inside of pyramid… is not deep.. roughly 70 steps of stairs… when we walk halfway… i really feel like hard to breath… and feel a bit scare… cause there’s only one entrance… if anything happen to the entrance.. means.. we just stay in the pyramid.. phew…

after all the stairs… we will be guide to a small room which have an empty tomb…

oh ya.. there’s an entrance fees for this.. EGYPT 25… i think even they charge EGYPT 100 also i will go in.. hahaha.. is quite worth it lar.. cause can see how the pyramid look like…

After visiting the pyramid.. phew… i tell you… i went Egypt for so many days.. i nv sweat before.. till… after i came out from the pyramid… i start sweating like pig…

here’s one of the pic i got it from the net…

after visiting the pyramid.. next.. we gonna go visit the phinx… which is at the same area.. just that is from different angle…

woot… once we reach there we saw some setting up right in front of the pyramid… we guess that.. this gonna be our annual dinner place.. which is actually by the road side.. and get to see the pyramid… as well.. not sure izzit true…

come come.. take photos first…

hmm… there’s water near the desert…

let’s go in and check it out…

so many ppl throw money in there…

hide and seek…

the sphinx…

photo time..

guess what i bought here.. two coke.. EGYPT 10 for both.. phew…

will that be the place we gonna have dinner tonight?

war… so cute can? not yellow color one…

after visiting the sphinx.. then we gonna move to our last destination of the day…

yeah.. the Papyrus Institute…

this is the guide that explain to us.. how they make the papyrus…

this is the plant they use to make the papyrus…

first cut the plant.. then put them in the water.. the longer you put.. the more brown it will be.. the more expensive it will be…

they gonna roll the papyrus…

then gonna organize it

like this.. th en can put in the compressor…

this is where they gonna put.. for few days…

see how flexible the papyrus can be….

see.. after they did the papyrus.. then they will draw something on it.. most of the drawings they drawn on it have meaning.. for this.. is actually a calendar…

see all the art work they have in there… so nice…

they provide the services to write your name in egypt language on the papyrus you bought…

besides that.. they can make it like this boat..

in the end.. hehehe.. ya.. brandon parents bought this… nice can.. i like this drawing so much… and is not cheap… phew…

ok.. that’s all for part 2… gonna update part 3 tomorrow.. hehe.. which will tell you where actually we have our dinner.. ya gala dinner.. company dinner…

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