Bye to Egypt

I didn't think I'd be writing again before leaving Egypt but we needed to check on an email from our travel guide. We've got a little time to spare too. It's now 4.18pm and the plane leaves the airport for Kenya at 10.30pm. We are hoping that the service back at the hotel for dinner tonight will be as slow as ever because we aren't too sure what to do with our time.

Today we finally made it to the Egyptian Museum. A little disappointed to be told that cameras have to be left at the front door because we would have been taking photos constantly. So much to see. I'm all "Pharaoh-ed out" now though. After paying about $AUD5 to get in, you then pay another $AUD10 to get into "Mummy Room". It's a small room with maybe 10 - 15 mummies on display in special temperature controlled cases. Some of them were really well preserved although I think all of them could use a good moisturiser when they finally make it to their afterlife. Seeing hair and teeth on some of them was kind of creepy. I was wondering how I would react if I saw one of them wink at me. Fortunately I never found out.
Afte the Mummy Room we checked out the Animal Mummy Room. They used to mummify all sorts of animals. We saw cats, dogs, gazelles, horses, baboons, massive Nile Crodiles and other animals. Very impressive. A whole lot of walking around later and we were done. We started out looking slowly at each exhibit but by the end as we grew more and more tired, we would pick a room and zoom through it at record pace. Dave would take one side of the room, I'd take the other. If there was something different or worth seeing then we'd let the other know. The Lonely Planet Guide reckons you could spend two days there if you had the time. An afternoon was enough for me. I just don't have the stamina. Some of those big wooden sarcophagus' were looking mighty comfortable by the end. Just a small nap surely wouldn't invoke a curse would it? Very interesting place though it started me thinking that perhaps it's a little disrespectful to be digging up bodies and putting them on show. I don't reckon I'd like it. Probably a good argument for cremation.
That will do for now. I've been checking the Age website and about the only thing of interest was that Rodney Dangerfield died. I guess he'll be finally getting a little respect now. :)