The Pyramids (the first draft)
When we hear the words “Pyramids” most people think about Egypt and Pharaohs and all that crazy black magic. If you have ever been to the pyramids you know that they are immense tourist traps. But those big piles of rock in Egypt are actually copies of similar piles here in Sudan. The piles here in Sudan are small, interesting things that have been vandalized by teenagers through the ages with bunches of Arabic names carved in each block, in pairs with a + sign between them. Though they are near a major town I was the only person out there for hours and I counted more animal prints than foot prints. They are also in an interesting location so that they are clearly visible from all around, including the police station that I woke up in across the river (they were just nice enough to give me a bed for the night because the lokanda was far away).
