Touch a Pyramid

“I am somewhat claustrophobic but there was no way I was sitting on a plane for 12 hours and not going into a pyramid. Different ones are open different times. To get into the one we went into required walking up the rocky entrance with uneven rock stairs - I am not in great shape, but it was fine, if a little unbalanced feeling. Once inside you could stand upright and walk along a passageway that was lit and wide enough for one lane of people in either direction. It slanted upward. Then the passage to the actual burial chamber - you had to walk stooped over up some winding stairs in a very narrow space - not wide enough for 2 people. I went part way up and claustrophobia got the bettter of me - so my family went and I stayed inside pyramid at bottom of that passage. They reported top was equivalent of a flight of stairs up and dumped you into an empty room - then back down. In my opinion you have to go inside the pyramid. There was something other-wordly about being inside, knowing the history and sensing the antiquity of it all. Before we went I had this draw that I had to touch a pyramid with my children. It was almost a spiritual experience to be inside - can't promise the same for you.”

“I did it and was glad I did. One thing that surprised me was how hot it is. I thought since it was underground it would be cooler. The first part of the descent is the worst. Once your get past it it is much easier. It is very claustrophobic but you will kick yourself later if you don't do it.”

“Personally, I'd give it a pass -- I went into the pyramid when I was in Egypt in March and it was extremely hot, humid, and claustrophobic, and there was nothing to see once you got inside. (Admittedly I might have felt differently if I hadn't been stuck behind a couple who were apparently trying to set a record for 'slowest ascent' -- by the time I got out of the tunnel my back was killing me from being hunched over for so long).”