The Pyramids by bus

These pictures actually go in reverse order. From the traffic, through the horrible, dusty, urban chaos, suddenly the Pyramids loom over everything. And then you get there, and you see how big they are, and how the blocks of stone dwarf the people, and you think of the terrible achievement of their construction. But the awe you expect to feel is lost amid sheer awfulness of everything around them - the tourists, the buses, the guides, the hawkers, the rubbish .... The little winding streets around them, though, are full of interest with their shops of glassware and pyramid souvenirs, the animals, the crowds, a bevy of gaily clad schoolgirls, vegetables, bread and the sense of life going on.