Liz and Sara's Website!
Welcome to Liz and Sara's website. Last year we went on a fascinating trip to Egypt where we stood before the Great Pyramids, pondered over the riddle of the sphinx, stood in awe over Ramses II Temple at Abu Simbel.. It's something we will never forget....but not for the reasons you might think!!!!
It all began with boy trouble. We decided to take a vacation away from our significant others. I wanted to go to England, but I decided I'd had enough of toothless, smelly brits, so we opted for the land of the pharohs. We arrived in Cairo where we enjoyed the beautiful landscape and all the pleasures Egypt had to offer. It was a sweltering 98 degrees. We were so thankful we had packed our Abercrombie & fitch mini skirts with matching tube tops. They would come in really handy when we went to see the pyramids.
We got up at 3am that day to avoid the rays of the scorching Egyptian sun. We called a taxi and said we wanted to see the pyramids. The cab driver seemed kinda bored as we discussed the reason for having Belle Black on days of our lives, but alas we arrived at our destination. I was kind of confused when the cab stopped because I didn't see any pyramids anywhere, the only thing I saw was a pissed off looking camel! Cab driver told us we had to either walk through the dirty sand, or ride the not so friendly looking camel. Normally, I enjoy a nice long walk, but not on blistering sand whilst wearing our Old navy flip flops.
So we rode for what seemed like forever...just when we'd given up...we saw the magnificent pyramids looking back at us. It would have been a moment of pure serenity if it wasn't for the sound of Egyptian screeching coming from just a few feet away. We wondered for a brief second what the arguing was about, but then decided they were probably debating on how the pyramids were built.....level or ramps? Just when we were going to take out our disposable cameras, 2 smelly Egyptian hands yanked us off the sand and threw us back on the same camel we had arrived...and our friend Mr camel was not at all pleased to see us again. I guess we shouldn't have put out that cigarette on his hump. We screamed out in protest but all we heard was "KGKYFUYRFDHHGK" To make a long story short we ended up in a prison cell. Who knew wearing a short skirt and a tube top was illegal??? I mean, we were accessorised, it's not like we committed a fashion faux pas. It took us 4 hours to realize we weren't going to get anywhere by calling them stupid, smelly egyptians. Just when we were about to give up, my college degree finally came in handy...and a plan began to formulate. We decided the best way to past the time was to engage in a heated debate..and what better thing to debate in Egypt than the building of the pyramids. About ten minutes in to our discussion, the guards overheard and decided to join in our "little conversation". We were discussing the three possible theories on how the pyramids were built, the first theory claims that the blocks were lifted with wooden ramps, the second theory holds that the blocks were lifted with a process called "levering", and the last theory states that the blocks were poured over like concrete. One guard claimed that he was around when the aliens built the pyramids. (I think that the one true thing we discovered while we were in Egypt, is that the prison guards don't get out very often). The second guard believed that they were built by the levering process. Using our manipulative mind ticks, we were able to create a distraction and we got the hell outta there.
While running for our lives we met two GORGEOUS egyptian brothers who noticed that we were in desperate need of assistance. They offered to escort us to the airport, where we would make our leave.
In the end, I'm glad to say that we made it safely back home to the United States. Everytime we hear about Egypt, we think of our friend Mr. Camel and hope that one day his hump will heal.
