Valley of the Nobles 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 …

"All aboard the love boat, c'mon darling, smile you’re on candid camera" an Egyptian trying to impersonate a cockney accent shouted through a loud speaker.

OK, this is a bad dream. Turn over and get another hours sleep I thought.

“Smile your all on Candid Camera” the voice shouted again.

At this point, …

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 awful, with what appeared to be a full-blown cold: a very sore throat, congestion, body aches, and a headache -- not exactly the perfect recipe for a holiday. Some drugs and a shower later, I was feeling somewhat better, so we went to the restaurant upstairs for breakfast overlooking the Nile. We filled up on carbs and made a game …

We didn't hear our wake-up call, but luckily we had a watch set to the time we needed to be woken. On the way off of the boat, several venders started to hound us. Some just wanted us to give them money. One of the other guests handed out some and his wife started to yell at him. We didn’t need to understand French to know what she was saying …

... on the fields. Taking us back up, we get a fine view of the Ramesseum and Hathepshuts temples, 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 ...

... to spent 2 days looking at everything rather than a whistle stop tour that may prevent us remembering anything. We started at the valley of the nobles which for us had the best tomb paintings we saw. The colours were so fresh it was hard to believe they ...

... (despite getting overexcited and buying entrace tickets thinking it was the Tomb of Seti I which had finally reopened) and the Valley of the Nobles properly. We visited the latter by mistake, taking a wrong turn (and yes, that hill is fairly steep which ...

... of this tomb that can be photographed is the portion that has been exposed due to tomb collapsal. From the valley of the nobles, we traveled to Hatshepsut's temple. This 3 tiered temple was amazing with several ongoing archeological ...

... then the Kings.  After a leisurely breakfast we were dropped off outside the antiquities ticket office and walked to the Valley of the Nobles.  First tomb visited was that of Nakht  (an astronomer of Amun), then Mena (an estate inspector) ...

... would be more of a worry but it felt safer & more solid than even walking across a bridge. We were able to take in the Valley of the Nobles & the temples of Rameses II & III, Colossi of Memnon, and the village of Qurna’s everyday life ...

... a bike and explore valley of the queens and the temple of Medina Habu. - Negotiated a car and driver for valley of the kings, valley of the nobles. - Seeing the sun rise over The temple of Hatshepsut- - Over night bus - 16hours ARGHH!!!! sardines in ...

... ;- Deir El Madina Temple and Tombs of the Workers   Tombs of the Nobles Area The Tombs of the Nobles (aka Valley of the Nobles) is a mega cemetery with hundreds of subterranean tombs embedded in the rock which are decorated with frescoes ...

... a coffee before we left Off to the Valley of the Kings, all aboard the minibus Well we got there, drove past the valley of the nobles (various ministers and high dignitaries are (or were) buried here, not much to see, everything has been robbed or ...

... at 6 am in the other seasons. Islam joked that there is a Valley of the kings, Valley of the queens, Valley of the nobles, Valley of the workers and now they also have a Valley of the tourists, and honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me if they really ...