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sunglasses out of her bag.

тАЬWhat do they drink around here?тАЭ LissaтАЩs husband asks, squinting over ZoeтАЩs shoulder at the
guidebook. тАЬI want a drink.тАЭ

тАЬThe local drink is zibib,тАЭ Zoe says. тАЬItтАЩs like ouzo.тАЭ She looks up from the guidebook. тАЬI think we
should go see the Pyramids.тАЭ

The professional tour guide strikes again. тАЬDonтАЩt you think weтАЩd better take care of first things first?тАЭ I
say. тАЬLike customs? And picking up our luggage?тАЭ

тАЬAnd finding a drink ofтАж what did you call it? Zibab?тАЭ LissaтАЩs husband says.

тАЬNo,тАЭ Zoe says. тАЬI think we should do the Pyramids first. ItтАЩll take an hour to do the baggage claim and
customs, and we canтАЩt take our luggage with us to the Pyramids. WeтАЩll have to go to the hotel, and by
that time everyone will be out there. I think we should go right now.тАЭ She gestures at the terminal. тАЬWe
can run out and see them and be back before the Japanese tour groupтАЩs even through customs.тАЬ



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She turns and starts walking in the opposite direction from the terminal, and the others straggle
obediently after her.

I look back at the terminal. The flight attendants have passed the Japanese tour group and are nearly to
the palm trees. тАЬYouтАЩre going the wrong way,тАЭ I say to Zoe. тАЬWeтАЩve gтАЬYouтАЩre going the wrong way,тАЭ
the terminal to get a taxi.тАЬ

Zoe stops. тАЬA taxi?тАЭ she says. тАЬWhat for? They arenтАЩt far. We can walk it in fifteen minutes.тАЭ

тАЬFifteen minutes?тАЭ I say. тАЬGizaтАЩs nine miles west of Cairo. You have to cross the Nile to get there.тАЭ

тАЬDonтАЩt be silly,тАЭ she says, тАЬtheyтАЩre right there,тАЭ and points in the direction she was walking, and there,
beyond the asphalt in an expanse of sand, so close they do not shimmer at all, are the Pyramids.




CHAPTER THREE:

GETTING AROUND


It takes us longer than fifteen minutes. The Pyramids are farther away than they look, and the sand is
deep and hard to walk in. We have to stop every few feet so Lissa can empty out her sandals, leaning
against Neil.

тАЬWe should have taken a taxi,тАЭ ZoeтАЩs husband says, but there are no roads, and no sign of the