Sunday, February 28, 2010

Walk Like an Egyptian

James had the privilege to travel to Africa last week!! He had a plan to buy a camel at an auction and then sell it so he could say that he owned a camel once in his life, but that didn't quite pan out as the auction was too far from town. He opted instead to rent a camel and travel near the pyramids. Here he is on his camel. Evidently the camel owners change up the names of the camels depending on who's riding...James' camel was either Charlie Brown or Michael Jackson, depending on who you asked.


Here he is actually riding- evidently it's quite a bumpy ride...and noisy due to the camels 'singing'...or braying like a donkey...evidently they're quite grumpy animals.
And in King Tut's sarcophagus...of course James followed through with my request to 'walk like an Egyptian.' :-) I had no idea you could actually go INSIDE the pyramids!! He had a great time...even if it did take 50 hours to get home. (thank you to the flooding in Cairo, major snow storm in New York, Delta's inability to leave the East Coast for a few days, and the rental car which actually brought him home...) Needless to say, we were glad to have him back safely. :-)

4 comments:

Mamapierce said...

What fabulous pictures!!! And what a neat experience. :)

Mike and Adrianne said...

I'm glad he's back for your sake. Now, you both need to go together...

Anonymous said...

I'm jealous! What a rad experience! Will wants to know if James' camel spit a lot. hahaha

Bryan and Amanda Russ said...

SO fun!!! I'm so glad he took pictures and you shared. What an amazing experience.

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