When we were first married (and very poor) my wife always said she would love to see the Pyramids. Now we’ve been married a long time and can easily afford it, I love to tease her with “I’ve been checking into ticket prices for....”
Which is followed by: “Hell no I won’t go that place, not even well armed!”
Ditto, here. I have always wanted to see the Sphinx and the Pyramids. But not with the behavior of those in the area. Doubt the trip will come to pass.
I hear you. Decades ago my wife similarly wanted to visit Paris because she is fairly fluent in French. We don’t even joke about it anymore.
The Pyramids? Egypt? A big disappointment. Dangerous too.
If you expect to see a beautiful ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ or ‘English Patient’ dessert - you won’t. At the pyramids you’ll see big parking lots and busses. There are some camels there if you want to take a ride to get the full Egyptian experience.
Yes, parts of the Nile are beautiful but the water is filthy. Drink only Swiss bottled water, not the local bottled soda or water. It’s not a good idea to walk around at night. You won’t want to anyway. Soon after dark they start burning the trash picked up during the day. The smoke will burn your eyes and throat.
Some interesting sites to see: The City of the Dead is a cemetery where people have broken into the mausoleums to use them at homes. Then there is Luxor. Yes, it’s beautiful but it’s where 62 tourists were hunted down and massacred with machine guns.