Still going...

Okay, so our buses finally came and because it was so early, none of our touring sites were open yet so we headed to our hotel (Oasis Pyramids Hotel again). However, we weren't supposed to check in until later that afternoon so they didn't have anywhere for us to go. We had planned on having our scarament meeting that night at the hotel, but we were there with nothing to do and the pool house was not in use, so we headed to the pool house for our own little makeshift sacrament meeting. It was cool. I just think it is the most fascinating thing that whether you're in a church building in Livermore CA or in a pool house in Giza Egypt the church is the same and so is the spirit. It was a nice little meeting.
After that we got on the buses and headed for the Ibn Tulun Mosque. Now this was very interesting. To get to the mosque, we had to drive through what is called "The City of the Dead." This is a huge chunk of Cairo that has these ancient familial tombs where families have been buried for centuries and centuries. Their ancient ancestors are buried there and their family memebers are still being buried there as they die, to this day. Now, the interesting thing is that Cairo is really really overpopulated. There simply is not enough room for everyone. So lately, what's been happening, is that people have just started moving into these ancient tombs and living there! Families are living in these burial places. It's crazy! And then when a family who owns a tomb has a death in the famliy, the family living in the tomb will move out for a while while the family does the burial and stuff, and then they'll move back in! It's unbelievable. It was very sobering.
Anyway, we drove through the city of the dead and arrived at the Ibn Tulun Mosque. I believe this is the biggest Mosque in Egypt and it was beautiful. We had to cover our feet to go in, so these little men tied little baggies on our feet and we all waddled around like ducks. I wish I could remember more of the details about this mosque, but I'm starting to lose it all. It was really cool though.
My battery is about to die and I'm worried that I'll lose everything, so I'm going to end this installment...sorry it's so short, I'm going to finisk Egypt later today, as soon as I can charge my battery again. So hang in there because as soon as I finish Egypt I'm going to write about yesterday's excursion...City of David and Hezekiah's Tunnel! It was awesome. And then next week we're going to Jordan! Woo-hoo! Love ya'll.