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of natives who ve re repairing i t kept ue well supplied with plaster, prece e of
brick an d du et , \.If! often wished them dovn be Lov lJith "Br-frsa'tone Bl I P . We vere
,
. 11 f eeling quite cool dres se d i n Kh8 k1 drill unlfcrm, with sho r t s , pu t-t e e s a nd
sun he1fte t ~ ;
but lIany of the na tives co uld do \lit h a "gr-est, coat".
0. our first night in Fgypt' 3 an cfent, c1ty, ve t .cur -ed around lind Learned a
littl e of the lingo. The car conduct-or-e were cute banda and aluays aade a Co""
cof ns extra from nevcoaer-e, But I eav a burly Australian Land one of them on to
the ca r Hnee f or trying that eallc on hill.
- ~~-- l t -18- a sp'lenddd d ght"':to 8"0 .t he Y.ohlil,~oile da n B lit- Sunset - kneeling on th~ --otd
carpets lind bovfng their heads in prayer.
Their carpet e are priceless and would
not
be par -te d \l1th f or lIny money, having been handed dovn by t heir f Ol'e~athf'!r~
frO!l ge nerations . The y 811 kn e e l i n edor-at.Lon , no matte r vhere they ar-e , or
what the i r occupatdone ,
The extreme heat of the sun made it Impo t'l:"lible for us to drill by day,
except for one hour in the mor ni ng and one in the afternoon. We wer-e all anxfcu e
to eee the Pyramids an d Sphinx , s o one day a f ter t he f i rst parade \J8. S dlft!lLissed ,
Fred Roper , Don Tel!lpl e JCa n and I picked a guide an d e'tar-ted off on this mission.
Our guide vas a genfue j he could speak seve n l&lnr,uae,ea, had travelled every
country on the map, an d ve s "lil,ll r-ound" good 11&11'. Boar-dan g &I train ve cros sed
the River Nile, and then hired a donkey to 'take us ove r t he Sand s , If your
donkey Jll8n \Jal!! a good "tail twister" y ou had a chance of II de cent spin, but if he
wa B no t , you just had to l!!it up and let M:n do the "t.or-tcd se et.unb'", On reachine
the foot of the great Pyramid ve df eeounted and our guide led u s pa st the Sphinx
e nd dcvn into t he tomb of a Pbar-oa h , vher-e an
old gr-ey-hedr-ed fortune-te l ler t.rded
to do bue dne sa with uSJ bu t nothdng d oi ng . Af t e r t aking a fe\rl sna pshots of each
other ve gave ~t up end at ar-t ed for home. On our jourl"'." y ba ck t he e'-Jidt'J shoved U6