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A most amazing day...
... is from the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico) and Ahmed, an Egyptian conservation expert who’s also worked on the King Tut wall paintings. The pieces are all drawn (by Juan and Silvania) and photographed. Finally the pieces are organized by material (wood, mud, faience, bone, mummy...) for further study and moved to the onsite storage magazine. It’s a fascinating and extremely well organized process.
Francisco then took us on a ...
Aswan to Luxor - Sleepers and sailing
... was more keen to see the Philae Temple. To reach the temple you needed to take a little boat. Successfully passing through the gauntlet of pyramid/sphinx ornament sellers we made it to the boat and quickly charged past the other tours to make it to the temple. I get the sense Peter, our tour guide, likes having the sights clear of other tourists/tour groups. Peter and I are on the same wavelength..... The Philae temple was actually relocated by UNESCO to the island it ...
Travel Day to Luxor (Warning: Rant Alert)
... evening.
The drive to the regional airport was uneventful and way out in the middle of the desert. Ragy helped us check in for the flight and then said goodbye. We were on our way to Luxor!
The EgyptAir flight was just one hour long. We were no sooner offered drink service than our cups were whisked away and we were all asked to get ready for landing. As per usual, I was seated adjacent to a kicking, bawling child who flung her lollipop at ...
The Ancient Capital of Luxor
... of the Kings, but the workers' tombs were modest and colourful and worth a look.
We had seen so much in the ancient capital of Luxor, we felt that just walking around the Luxor temple was good enough. Then to finish off we browsed through the Luxor Museum, admiring artifacts from the temples we had recently visited. All in all, Luxor was the ancient capital, and for us, was the capital of our favourite sites in Egypt so far. So much history in one area. Good on you ...
Speed humps, chaos and a police escort...
... surely overkill. But it all seemed to work for them, everyone smiled and waved and seemed very relaxed indeed. We were the weirdos.
The followed the Nile south and the road took us through the Nile delta. The fields and banks of the river are so lush and fertile it is awesome to see, especially when you can see the desert in the background. There is field after field of green green green crops and so many palm trees.
Around Mallawi we were busting for ...
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