Pyramids - Are They Overrated?

[Nick Pendrell]

As soon as anyone mentions the word 'Egypt', the first thing most people think of are the Pyramids.

Are they really all they're cracked up to be though?

In Latvia, where I am at the moment, I get very few English language TV programs and most of them are from the Discovery Channel whose entire output seems to comprise:

1. Sharks
2. Nazis
3. People buildings bikes or cars while screaming at each other
4. The Pyramids

I must admit that I am a bit sick of all of these topics by now, which has rather put me off the Pyramids. But it does seem a bit bad to live a few hours away from one of the Wonders of the World and not go and see them.

So what did you think about them those of you who saw them?

[j4hurghada]

Go and see for yourself, they are brilliant, the sould and light show at night is not to be missed, The cairo musium is very good too.

Then off to Luxor and the vally of the kings and queens fantastic.

The first time we went to Egypt was to Luxor and Cairo we fell in love with Egypt then, that was 4 years ago.

[queenie40something]

Hi - we were surprised at the sheer size of them. We never realised that they are that big. What surprised us was there was no protection for the Sphinx. There were tons of birds pecking away at it.

When you go to Egypt I think it would be a shame not to go and see the Pyramids. At least you can say you have been. We had been to Egypt loads of times before we went to Cairo last year. Everytime we went everyone kept asking if we had seen the Pyramids and it was getting a bit embarrasing saying no. My teenagers thought the museum was really interesting. In a nutshell would we go back to Caro - no - once was enough for us.

[kim konnoris]

I HAVE BEEN TO THE GIZZA PYRAMIDS, AND CAIRO MUSEUM FANTASTIC A MUST SEE!!


Kim