Valley of the Kings Luxor

Ahhhh back to the warmth but something's telling me that the temp hitting 30celsius at 5:30am is not ways a good sign hehehe

I got a bit of sleep on the overnight flight... Than what to do for 12+ hours in Cairo..... I didn't feel comfortable to leave the hotel alone so just …

Entry containing 24 photos titled: Luxor Temple in the early morning mist, Valley of the Kings, Hatshepshut's Temple, The pharaoh who loved to cross dress, Karnak, our awesome guide, Gad, at the Hypostyle Hall, Hypostyle Hall, Hatshepsut;s Obelisk, Ramses II and his daughter wife, Luxor Temple

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 …

Once I leave the ship at port in Luxor I find a hostel and then its off to Temple Karnak. This temple is close to the city but still requires some sort of transport and I can not seem to find a minibus. So I am about to walk when I am approached by a young man to type a text message in English, which has happened before and so I am skeptical. I …

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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 …

I am not normally at my best at 6am but what greeted me outside of my window as I sipped my first cup of tea of the day was beautiful and would have woken up the deepest of sleepers.. The sky was full of 8 hot air balloons taking off from the West Bank and slowly rising upwards. This excited me eve n more as I had booked to take such a flight …

Getting up is getting harder by the day. 6 hours sleep is fine if you can get a nap in the afternoon, but the people in the next room never seem to leave their room and have their TV turned up so loud it's distorted. After listening to them watch The X files movie this afternoon I did complain to the front desk but there’s nothing they can do …

I woke up feeling horrible again, but the same formula (a shower, ibuprofen, and decon) seemed to perk me up a bit and get me upstairs for breakfast. Konrad had starred all the kings' tombs he thought looked interesting, so I scanned through them at breakfast and we decided on the three that looked the best to both of us (the ticket was only valid …

Entry containing 11 photos titled: Detail in de tempel van Luxor, Entry of the tempel, Tempel van Karnak, Grote zuilenzaal of hypostyle zaal, Geen kleintjes, Detail in de tempel van Karnak, Obelisk van Hatsjepsoet, Farao Ramses II , Avenue van de sphinxen, Horus, De Kolossen van Memnon

... and history.  What do we do with our time that will be around for 1000’s of years afterwards… ~The Valley of the Kings has a presence to it.  A greatness is felt upon entering.  Rocks rising on either side and climaxing into ...

... I took the donkey up a massive set of hills and ended up with a view of Deir al-Bahri (Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut) and Valley of the Kings below. There were absolutely no one ontop of the massive cliffs apart from my guide and the two donkeys, with ...

... Alexandria to finish the day. I am so tired.  Another early morning.  We woke at 5am to leave for the Valley of the Kings at 5.45am.  As we had showers one after each other, the bathroom became a giant bath.  Not so good when ...

For the past few days amidst the temples of Karnack and Luxor and down in the Valley of the Kings I have stood awestruck at the indefatigable vastness of Egyptian cunning. I have also enjoyed viewing ancient pharaonic splendors. I do not know my ...

... , upwards over Gurna, peeking into the Valley of the Nobles making altitude all the time so we can get a good look into the Valley of the Kings, Ismael spins the balloon around so everyone can get a good look at all the sights, the two Memnons, Medinet ...

... bed.  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 ...

... in his tomb, hidden under the rubble from King Ramses VI's tomb.  I biked in the desert heat, west to the Valley of the Kings, to see both of these tombs as well as a few more, to learn about how Egyptians thought, back over three ...

Our tour guide picked us up from the hotel at 8AM and we went again today to the Valley of the Kings. Today our first stop was at the Habu Temple.  We were so impressed with the quality of detail as well as colors ...

... me against the Egyptian people, Just those three little scrotes. 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 ...

... to me, but my guess is he will!  I’ve always quite fancied doing the early  morning balloon flight  over the Valley of the Kings. I expected it to be very expensive around £100 but we find out it is more like £35. So not too bad, I ...