Egypt

Egypt is one of the first foreign countries I've visited  but it still tops the list. The Pyramids, the environment and the myths the country is full of just mesmerize me. I keep on asking myself why Egypt is so spellbinding. The Pyramids - how on earth  were they built, thousands of years ago , these huge, dominant eminences and no machine helped to mount them? Someone made a joke saying it needed just one smart Jewish engineer to rise them - but it's just out of this world.

Seeing sandy dunes, hot desert son with pyramids on the background are pure captivation. The whole atmosphere there is mystical. At times I felt I was present at a movie set passing by wrecked stone architecture with camels standing by and watching dressed in their national garbs and exhausted by the sun locals. 

I was struck by how natural it comes to the Egyptians reciting the endless myths belonging to their country. Almost every Egyptian could serve as a tour guide to tourists, how passionate they are about their history. Children haunting tourists trying to earn money and offering city tours know the history by heart and speak many languages, I mean at least three. They approach you first, ask which country you come from, and in a second switch to the language you need to be talked to. Simply astonishing ability to speak languages so well and effortlessly selling their tour guide services to tourists.