The man I'm talking about is the Sphinx who is pictured above. It is a tribute to my talented editing skills that he appears 3 times instead of the intended once. However, he is always worth seeing.

A little insider info on me: I live in Cairo, the largest, craziest city in Africa and I am about 10 km away from the Sphinx which is situated in Giza, next to the 3 Great Pyramids. I never tire of seeing the half-man, half-lion figure and visit him often.I always feel a sense of awe when looking at a monument that is 3000 years old, and, oddly enough a sense of calmness. I don't know if he has mystical powers or not, but he certainly enthralls me.

Here are two things you may not know about the Sphinx unless you have visited him yourself: He is a lot smaller than depicted in most photos and he is dwarfed by the three Pyramids behind him (they are, of course, not to be under-emphasised; I admire them just as much). The second thing is that Napoleon was responsible for much of the re-construction and re-habilitation of the Sphinx.

Good news for tourists is that a new museum is to be built next to the Pyramids and Sphinx. It will open in 2010 and will be called the Great Egyptian Museum. The statue of Ramses 2 that was recently moved from central Cairo to Giza, will be the centrepiece of the new museum.

If you like, I'll tell you about the present museum and some other delights of Egypt in another article.