1. Barnaby Visits Egypt Egypt is in Africa

2. Barnaby travelled to Egypt on a plane. He travelled from Manchester airport and the journey took 5 ½ hours. When he got off the plane at 5pm it was very, very hot!!!!

3. Barnaby spent the first day on the beach as he was tired. It was hot and sunny and he saw 10 blue spotted Stingrays. Barnaby liked Shark’s Bay.

4. Barnaby also liked sun bathing on by the pool. He wore his sun glasses because it was very sunny. When Barnaby got too hot he had a swim in the pool.

5. Barnaby went shopping in a big city called Cairo. He bought some souvenirs to take home. The city was crowded and busy.

6. Barnaby also went to a museum where he saw lots of statues and King Tutankhamen's mask and coffin. The mask was made of solid gold and weighed 10 kilograms.

7. After Barnaby had been to the museum he went to see the pyramids.

8. He went into one of the pyramids to see inside the tomb.

9. It was hot and dark inside the pyramid.

10. After he had seen the pyramid Barnaby went to see the sphinx.

11. The sphinx were built to protect the tomb in the pyramid. This sphinx was built more than three thousand years old.

12. Barnaby learnt a lot about the ancient Egyptians while he was in Egypt. He also had a good time on the beach.