The only words to describe today are: glorious and hilarious.
Last night was a significant party night.
Significant in that we were farewelling 3 of the dig-house crew :(
Significant in the amount that was drunk.
Significant in the fact that everyone on the dig-team managed to stay awake past 8pm at night :O
Long story short: Glorious.
Stories were exchanged, plans were formed and hilarity was had.
Some people who will not be named danced the night away and drank 4-8 too many Fayum sunrises (some devilish concoction of tequila and tang)
The morning was not kind to them.
Those of us who were able to not faint, vomit or otherwise moan and be sad made our way to breakfast after a sleep in till 7am.
Breakfast cake.
The best kind of cake.
As Rachel says:
ITS CAKE!
AND ITS FOR BREAKFAST!
ITS CAKE!
AND ITS FOR BREAKFAST!
repeat x100.
Soon enough we were on our way to the pyramid tour.
The first time we have been allowed to be tourists since getting to egypt.
10 of us took the van, 2 of our Egyptian work crew, me, rach, slaggy, Sebastian, Nathalie, The Australian, Imperial Rach, and the driver.
And so it began. The greatest teasing of an australian of our time.
Most of the dig-team are american or kiwi.
Especially now that we said farewell to 3 dutch and 1 sweedish crew members.
Anyway.
There is one australian.
STRAYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
On the way to Lahun (our first port of call for the day) we begun informing the Americans about Australian culture.
Most of this informing revolved around badly singing that stupid matilda song. somthing somthing billabong. somthing somthing somthing matilda with me.
Then some background to WHERE THE BLOODY HELL ARE YA?
Before moving onto STRAYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, VB, Stubbies and Dingos stealling babies.
The australian lost her shit.
Uncontrollable laughter for about 40 minutes.
Even our Egyptian crew got in on it.
Teasing the australian.
Talking in a ridiculous egyptian-australian accent.
Oh god it was good.
Any way. this continued all day.
Literally.
All day.
I will spare you from most of it.
But know this.
I think we broke the australian.
Sorry the STRAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYLIAN.
Looking pretty at Hawaera
The really cool thing about being in Egypt as an archaeologist is that you get to do a bunch of crap that normal tourists dont.
We were extremely lucky to have some awesome Egyptian dig-crew with us who sweet talked the guards into letting us get down to the canal and look up close at the labarynth remains from Hawera.
checkit outsssssss the labarynth remains!
The next thing we knew was that we were being given tea to drink from the guards :3
It was rather delicious.
So delicious.
But yet.
So much sugar.
SOOOO MUCH SUGAR.
The thing about egypt is.
Sugar.
Everywhere.
At all times.
OH GOD MEETING TIME.
SHIT.
SHIT.
WILL WRITE AFTER MEETING AND DINNER.
WATCH THIS SPACE.
:D
Its quite a nice view
Ohhhhhh a landscape shot
Sammy and me at the tombs of the nobles at Lahun.
Me looking at bones and sculls and things.
Bones with mummy wrappings still in-tact
ohhhh look another glorious landscape shot. This time of maydoum.
Offering vessel from Maydoum.
Our dinner at Fayoum city. I have never eaten so much food in my life.
words will come later. for now. pictures. HOORAH!
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