My best travelling memory!

I´m sure you agree with me that the first day in a trip is always exhilarating and you feel anxious to get to your destination. That´s how I felt when I went to Egypt in Novermber 2009.

I´m keen on the ancient Egypt since I was very young. I´ve read menay books and I´ve seen a lot of movies and documentaries, therefore, to be there was my dream come true.

It was a very long journey because my father and I left from Sevilla very early in the morning. Then we got in Madrid and from Madrid to the airport. After that, the flight took off three hours later because it was delayed. Consequently, we arrived in Egypt at night. It was a really weird experience because I couldn´t believe that I was there and I said to my father: "Ok, I´m in Egypt, but I can´t believe it. You know, I can only see an airport!".Later, when we got to the ship (we went on a cruise), I said to him again that I could see the Nile river but I didn´t still believe that I was in Egypt.

That night we could sleep only three hours owing to the fact that we had to take a bus at 3:00 am in order to visit the Abu Simbel temple, but i was so excited that I didn´t sleep almost anything. In spite of this I enjoyed the trip. Was so awesome to cross the desert while seeing the night becoming day throught that landscape.
At 7in the morning we got off the bus and I could only see the big Assuan lake and a little mountain at the background with a path next to it and I wondered where the temple was.

Finally, at the end of the path I turned back I I could see the Abu simbel temple with the four imposing colossus of Ramses. Suddenly, mu hair stood on end and some drops felt from my eyes because I felt a huge hapiness. That was the moment when I relised that I was in Egypt and I had to get away from the group to hide my tears. I felt embarrased but I was on clouds number 9!!