Colossi of Memnon Luxor

The Valley of the Kings should also be known as the Valley of the Touts. The moment you step out of your vehicle, you are bombarded. You start by being polite, smiling and saying "No, thanks." You add a few flourishes and become firmer in your tone as the first dozen no-thank-you's don't have an impact. Of course, even if they do, there's always …

Day 1

Upon arriving Luxor, we were very tired from our 17 hour day that started at 230 AM and were also very sick of the Egyptian's trying to sell us things, so we got a very nice hotel that was literally half price because it is not peak travel season. This hotel had one of the only floating pools in the whole Nile River. As soon as we …

After the troubled start to our Egypt tour we were finally able to set into a nice pace and experience all that is Egypt. After waking on our felucca dream boat we boarded the bus for another four hour drive to Luxor. The scenery along these Egyptian roads is breathtaking. The mountains are a maze of giant crumbling rock mounds in every shade of …

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We were up at 6:00am, for our last day of adventures in Luxor, Egypt. The city of Luxor is 675 km south of Cairo; the city itself is split by the Nile. The East side is called the City of Living, where you will find all the Temples, and the West side is the City of Dead, where you find all the tombs. It is very dry here, it rains …

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Day 7 – Egypt & Jordan Adventure

It was the day where we were heading into the Valley of the Kings on donkeys. To avoid the heat we had an early start. After having breakfast at 6.30am we made a short walk to the east bank where we caught a short boat ride to the west bank. Once we were off the boat there they were waiting for …

After a 5am wake up call by the train conductor, breakfast was served and I arrived in Luxor at 630am. I was met at the station by my local guide Ash and we went straight to the valley of the kings. The valley of the kings is a mountain that has the natural shape of a pyramid at the top where the ancient Egyptians started to bury the Pharaohs in an …

We spend the early hours of Father’s Day gliding along the Nile River on the M/S Nile Dolphin, mooring in Luxor before we wake. Today will be full of tours, tombs and temples. We have breakfast in the dining room without our usual companions, Mark and Janice. They have chosen an optional hot air balloon ride with a 4:00am wake up call …

We woke up at 5:30, had a light breakfast (omelette, fruit and pastries) and were in the van on our way to the Valley of the Kings by 6:45. It was already 28 degrees on the way there. It was a 30 minute drive to the tombs and Hassan regaled us with many stories of burial rituals and hereafter stories.

In the Valley of Kings and Queens the …

Heute "bot" Vanessa gratis Natascha-hüte-dienst an. Darüber waren wir sehr froh!

Vanessa blieb mit Natascha an Bord und wir machten uns zu einem 12stündigen Trip nach Luxor auf. Unser Programm umfasste das Tal der Könige (3 Königsgräber), den hatschepsut-tempel, die Kolosse von memnon, eine kleine Nilfahrt und den Karnak-Tempel. An- und R …

... to have a munch. We reached a lace where we had breakfast pretty early on and after that we headed onwards to the Colossi of Memnon. These were 18-meter high statues that stood on their own in a field. They were really imposing and stunning especially as ...

... .  Sweet dreams.  The following day we took a tour...did I mention it was really hot?  Valley of the Kings; Colossi of Memnon, Alabaster Factory aka "place to relax with free drinks so you can be harassed to buy something" and then ...

... . Putting that aside,  once again we went on the organized tour to Valley of the Kings, Hathepshuts Temple and the Colossi of Memnon.    VoK, was packed out, once again everyone arriving at the same time, went to see Tutankhamen, as ...

... day which was well worth it to get an understanding of the history behind all of the sites. First stop was the the Colossi of Memnon which are huge seated statues and the only remaining parts of what was an enormous temple. After this we ...

... although in much poorer condition than those inside the tombs we had seen earlier. On the way back we stopped at the Colossi of Memnon which is two huge stone statues of Pharaoh  Amenhotep III and are almost 3500 years old.  The statues were ...

... river, so no-one pestered us and we were able to enjoy the view. From there it's about 3km and past the Colossi of Memnon (which was covered with scaffolding and looking pretty weatherbeaten) before you get to the ticket office and make your bulk ticket ...

... 's bike for some baksheesh.  Erin told him to go away.  On the other side we pedalled down the road to the Colossi of Memnon.  There isn't much left of them, but they are big.  From here we biked the couple of kilometers to the Valley ...

... London Gatwick to Luxor Tuesday Valley of the Kings Valley of the Queens The Colossi of Memnon The Temple of Queen Hatshipsut ...

... , we were up early and off the Valley on the West bank (the bank of the dead) of the Nile, first stop was Colossi of Memnon - two 17m high statues. They were carved from granite blocks and represent the Pharaoh Amenhotep III. After that we stop a little ...

... far on this trip that we've been glad to tip at the end of the day.  Our first stop on the tour was the Colossi of Memnon.  Sitting 18m high, they completely dwarfed Brandon standing at the base of one of them.  The Colossi are all that remain of a ...