Abu Simbel, Egypt Travel Blogs

Abu Simbel
Dec 17, 2007 (3 photos)

... Lake Nasser. I'm so glad that they managed to rescue this temple, this was down as one of the two main highlights of the holiday. If there are only two places you have a chance to visit in Egypt, then your choice should be the Pyramids and Abu Simbel.

dawn trip to Abu Simbel
Jul 19, 2008 (41 photos)

... the rock face. The thrones are decorated on their sides with Nile gods symbolically uniting Egypt. Not only are the two temples at Abu Simbel among the most magnificent monuments in the world but their removal and ...

Aswan to Abu Simbel to Kom Ombo to Edfu
Mar 16, 2008 (14 photos)

... impressed with how huge the temples are.  Although I had told her how enormous the temples are she had no idea.  Abu Simbel is very impressive and it is just as impressive to think that they were moved. The temples are for Ramses II and his ...

Abu Simbel - Ramses II mega temple
Feb 10, 2006 (24 photos)

... would mean wall area was at more of a premium. Still, both temples rocked in my opinion and if you come to Egypt Abu Simbel should definitely be on your itinerary. Salaama (bye!). Next entry -> More of Aswan or cruising the Nilus Lucky me travel ...

Abu-Simbel
Oct 17, 2008 (26 photos)

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25 miles north of Sudan... Abu Simbel!
Jun 27, 2008 (9 photos)

... the journey to Abu Simbel, the southern-most of the 5 towns that make up Aswan.  There is police convoy, so tourists visit Abu Simbel for a limited time in the ealry morning.  It was a 3-hour drive, greeted by a sunrise in the middle. I had ...

Abu Simbel - See entry for Aswan
Sep 28, 2006 (5 photos)

See entry for Aswan. Check out the photos in the album though.

A Monument to Ego
Jun 16, 2008 (13 photos)

... any buses.  Kind of defeats the purpose of a convoy.  After a very long ride through very featureless desert we arrived at Abu Simbel. Here we were off-loaded with fifty luxury tour buses (joy) and all ran at the entrance at once.  After ...

Hello again after yesterday's reasonably ...
Dec 14, 2000

... goodbye and i thought of my family and friends. Went to bed earlyish as myself and Nik had signed up for a 5am flight to Abu Simbel - coooome on!! 3.30 start and we got picked up at 4am. arrived at the very pleasant airyport at 4:30 for 5am flight. ...

Abu Simbel
Jan 31, 2005 (5 photos)

... us to memorize the position of our vehicle with some hope to keeping the return rendezvous time tight.   Abu Simbel is best explored without the company of busloads of fellow tourists. These magnificent structures should be seen unadorned by tour ...

Abu Simbel - the most amazing and crowded Temples
Dec 23, 2008

Back later..

Armed and Dangerous
May 24, 2009 (4 photos)

... fenceline with sub machine guns. Must admit we did feel safe with all of this security and the reason I hear you asking yourself. Well Abu Simbel is only a few kms away from the Sudan border (as you can see on the map) and they have had some trouble in ...

Abu simbel and lots and lots of flying!
Jul 20, 2009

... day of travel.. we get up and bags out at 8am, for 8.45am departure to the airport of Aswan. We are heading out to Abu Simbel and I expect a propeller plane to take us, instead we have a massive plane that is 6 seats across and a short flying time of half ...

An
Jul 13, 2004 (5 photos)

... on the facade of the Great Temple itself, but where she also had her own sanctuary, the so-called small temple of Abu Simbel. Below is some information that Amadeus shared with us. This info was nicely complied by someone who had taken this tour ...

Abu Simbel
Jul 23, 2007 (5 photos)

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Abu Simbel... Part II
Oct 23, 2007 (4 photos)

We carried on down the lake towards Abu Simbel, and arrived around lunchtime, which created a spectacular setting for our last lunch on the boat. Even though we had already visited the temple the day before, it was incredible to take in its full grandeur ...

Jun 18, 2009
Jun 18, 2009 (21 photos)

Abu Simbel
Nov 20, 2005 (10 photos)

... 3 hour drive south, putting us very close to the war-torn Sudanese border, in order to arrive in the early morning at Abu Simbel, Egypt's "cant miss" site in the Upper Nile region. Basically, its Mount Rushmore in Egypt, but over 2000 years old. It was ...

Abu Simbel - A surreal day
Apr 17, 2008 (5 photos)

... landing.  This made travelling very easy and removes the stress.  Made me feel special and a little pampered.  In Abu Simbel the driver was replaced with a security guard, for the 5 minute drive between the airport and the temple site.  ...

Abu Simbel
Apr 28, 2006 (3 photos)

This temple is pretty amazing. I'm trying to upload photos now.

Egypt
Dec 19, 2006 (8 photos)

Abu Simbel - 1 day

Sun Festival
Oct 22, 2007 (4 photos)

... were pretty much exactly the same except there was one hiccup. The one boat left a day later meaning we would get into Abu Simbel a day late.  Which lastly meant that we would be there a day AFTER the Sun Festival (The cornerstone to ...

Abu Simbel
Aug 23, 2007 (62 photos)

... e Isambul; in lingua araba ÃÈæ ÓäÈá o ÃÈæ ÓãÈá) è una località a circa 280 km a sud di Assuan. Il complesso archeologico di Abu Simbel è composto da due enormi templi in roccia e si trova nel sud dell'Egitto sulla riva ovest del Nilo, vicino al Lago Nasser. Si tratta di ...

Up at 3:00 AM and with a police escort
Apr 27, 2009 (11 photos)

Abu Simbel
Feb 10, 2007 (13 photos)

Abu Simbel temples

Day 53 - Abu Simbel
Sep 28, 2007

Fantastic temples moved to save them from L Nasser

Midnight trip towards the other end of Lake Nasser
Jan 18, 2006

... chill guy! The drive took 3 hours, all the way out into the desert. Got to see a beautiful sunset around 6 in the morning :D Abu Simbel itself was amazing. We weren't allowed to take any pictures inside, so I only took a few ;) It's such an amazing feeling ...

To the Bottom of Egypt
Aug 10, 2006 (1 photos)

... most of the journey, waking up at about half 6 for a breakfast of bread, egg and guava juice from the hotel. We arrived at Abu Simbel just as the sun was beginning to get hot, but with cooler air and a fresh breeze from Lake Nasser, this was certainly the ...

The Temples of Ramses II.
Nov 10, 2006 (7 photos)

... to save you from anything. They should either let us wander around free or be serious and rigorous about it. Having soldiers playing with guns everywhere is not comforting for anyone. Abu Simbel, nice work Ramses II !!!! Andre.  

Abu Simbel
Jun 19, 2007 (7 photos)

Today started at 2:45am to be ready to catch the 4:00am convoy to Abu Simbel. All tourist transport outside of cities in Egypt have to use a police convey for security. We got in line and started the 3 hour drive through the desert to the temples of Abu ...