The Sphinx is impressive for a number of reasons. It's absolutely massive which is more impressive when you understand that it's made from a single piece of rock. The rock was already there before the second pyramid was built, and instead of smashing it down, it was carved into the Sphinx. Some people think the head is too small for the body, suspecting it used to be much bigger before being re-carved in the image of a later ruling Pharaoh.
We got some more good pics and finally went back to the coach for the airport, and home to Sharm.
The ride home was much the same as the ride there. Sam managed to sleep right to the point where we hit the Tarmac, which was another rough landing so she awoke with a huge startled look on her face. I thought she'd been dozing lightly and knew we were about to land, so I felt a bit guilty for not waking her... I think she thought we were crashing... Oopsie!
Kids went to bed, we showered and grabbed a JD & Coke from our fridge before slumping off to bed too.
I'm sure I haven't done the trip justice in writing this. There aren't enough superlative words to describe the mix of feelings and emotions. It's the kind of thing you can only experience directly to truly "get" what it means.
I hope to come back one day and spend more time in Egypt and the pyramids will definitely be on top of the list again.
Bye for now!
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