12-01-2010, 10:58 AM
I laid over in Cairo on a TWA flight a long time ago. I was lucky enough to fly in during the daylight. The thing I remember most about Cairo, in my limited experience through a little airplane window, is how brown it was. The whole city is a sandy brown. It looks ancient, and I got the sense of being thrust back in time.
The pyramids looked awesome. They are strange and majestic light brownish structures looking over a light brownish city in a place stuck in time. The pyramids seemed like beacons for the stars. I imagined that the only way to really see them was from the air. There didn't seem to be any purposeful connection between the pyramids and the city. The pyramids were for the sky.
The pyramids looked awesome. They are strange and majestic light brownish structures looking over a light brownish city in a place stuck in time. The pyramids seemed like beacons for the stars. I imagined that the only way to really see them was from the air. There didn't seem to be any purposeful connection between the pyramids and the city. The pyramids were for the sky.