Showing posts with label seven wonders of the world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seven wonders of the world. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Desperate Measures

Somehow or rather, i'm still in cairo due to some changes in the flight itinerary. I got till this saturday before i jet off, and what's better to do then try to score a bit more readership by humiliating myself (again!)

Attempt to humiliate my own self 02 : Admit to having very little brain cell.
I really should have paid more attention is class while i was in school. Back then I was just an average student. In fact, i was more like the gap filler between the high scorers and the drop out. I never did failed any subject or neither did i score with flying colours. I'm just average. I was more into doing my own thing than be bother with competing in the rat race to get to the top of the class. You can say i'm a bit self absorbing. And that same attitude have stuck on to me like a super glue even till now, blindfolding me from many MANY things happening around me. Perhaps my lack of interest in the eight o'clock news and my upmost dislike in reading anything that's 'news' in general, have something to do with it too. I'm just not a news person. Thus it explains why a certain mr big ben is questioning my shortage of brain cell in posting up this. I guess its true that after conquering the pyramid in egypt, chances of frolicking to the other six more wonders are pretty slim as most of them have vanish from planet earth long before i was born. However to prove him wrong, hihi, i did a bit of wikipedia and it turns out that i have actually achieved more than i bargain for.

Pyramid of Giza (Egypt), one of the 7th wonders of the ancient world

Citadel of Qaitbay (Alexandria), one of the 7th wonders of the ancient world. Its also known as the Lighthouse of Alexandria

Citadel of Cairo (Egypt), one of the 7th wonders of the medieval world

Catacombs of Kom el Shogafa (Alexandria), one of the 7th wonders of the medieval world

Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), one of the 7th wonders of the medieval world

Thursday, February 28, 2008

One Down, Six More To Go!

I do wonder how often could one actually say that he spent his morning horse riding along the curve of the pyramids while baking under the sahara sun? In my case not very often, and it was a bless to finally drive down the dirt road that head straight for the triangle blocks at the horizon. The pyramids are massive sand castle of the ancient egyptians. And to think that it was built purely on human labour with the most basic of construction machinery bewildered me and totally changed my perception on eqyptian man in total! Maybe extending the trip wouldn't be that bad of an idea after all. Home can wait. Coz' right now egypt is my playground and princess nefertiti is my name! Aww.

A star jump at the pyramid. A must!

My horse named Michael Jackson. What a temperamental beast he was!

Making love with the nose-less sphinx