The pyramids were not very far from where we lived in Cairo. It was about a ten minute drive from the flat to Giza. At that time the place was overrun with fellas like this who would not leave you alone. The would insist that they were the head pyramid guides and demanded a fee for showing you around whether or not you wanted to be shown around. They were unrelenting and very , very annoying. We eventually got fluent enough in Arabic to tell them to go F*#@ themselves.That certainly took them by surprise. In the end they stopped bothering us. New laws in Egypt now prevents this kind of exploitation of tourists in general and this type of activity is now against the law.
In a way it added a little color to the place but it was too much and too aggressive. They got very greedy for baksheesh.
