Thursday – Today we had a quiet day and we were all really tired. My dad and I took a very smoky taxi to the train station to buy our tickets for going to Luxor on Sunday. When we got there, the loudspeakers said it was time for prayers and I saw lots of men rushing to a big carpet, taking their shoes off (and putting them down in a special pattern) and then going onto the carpet to pray. Then we came back, had dinner and went to sleep.

Friday – Today was a great day! We got up very early and met a fabulous guide and two drivers to take us all for the day. My favorite part of the day was when we took a camel ride in the desert next to the pyramids. Also I really liked going into one of the pyramids. We crawled down a long, low tunnel for a while to a big room where the king was buried in a sarcophagus. The sarcophagus wasn’t there anymore; it’s in the museum that we are going to visit tomorrow. I can’t wait to go tomorrow because I’ll get to see King Tut’s golden burial mask.