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Dahabiya on the nile
Woke at 7am for today is the day we depart on our nile cruise. We booked this cruise through Nour El Nil (www.nourelnil.com) who were very helpful throughout the whole process. Although not a cheap cruise we found as time went on that we had made the ...
Edfu - Ensa - cruise down the Nile
20 April The mornings start was before breakfast, with a trip to the Temple of Horus in Edfu. The temple was almost completely intact and huge. To get into the temple there was a large crowd (even at 7:00am) as all the cruise boats wanted ...
The Valley of the Kings
... and 20th Dynasty came to seek their immortality. It contains more then 60 royal tombs from the New Kingdom. Some of Egypt's greatest rulers were buried here. They built wonderfully decorated tombs that were cut deeply into the valley floor and filled ...
Chiusa di Esna
verso le 17 di pomeriggio,dopo parecchie ore di navigazione siamo arrivati alla chiusa di ...
Esna and the Vendors
In the afternoon, we rejoined the MS Nile in Esna. While waiting through the line of river boats to go through the canal, we enjoyed an afternoon of vendors hawking their wears in boat on the nile. These men were able to toss their goods nearly 3 to 5 ...
Nile Cruise
What a strange feeling it is to wake up and be floating on the water! I woke up and had absolutely no idea where I was...very weird! We lost half the passengers to a minivan, leaving just the captains, Kenny, myself, and the Canadian, Philip (French ...
Are we really going to survive this road trip?
... the famed Temple of Seti I at Abydos. Due to restoration work this is one of the most complete and beautiful ancient structures in Egypt. It is a dedication to six of the major gods of creation Osiris and Isis, their son Horus, Amun-Ra, Ra-Horakhty and ...
Cruising the Nile from Luxor to Edfu
... turn. Our guide says that in high season the ships can wait for as much as 12 hours. I remember the first time I came to Egypt the lock was not operating, and we had to transfer from one ship to another by bus. Thinking back on that hassle, waiting ...
Edfu
... and Jeff as well as a couple from Chicago, Alfonzo and Kathia. Alfonzo and Kathia both grew up in Mexico and Alfonzo was in Egypt on business but was taking a break from work. Alfonzo and Kathia made the cruise a pleasure. As with most cruises we ...
Floating on Feluccas
After a few days of tiring travel on the train down from Cairo and the death bus to Abu Simbel, we were all looking to relax. Jody had been raving on about the three day felucca journey up the Nile to a place called Edfu. We were due to stop along the ...
Nile Cruise- Aswan to Edfu
... gods. Continuing, we reached Edfu, where we spent the night on board. The following morning, we started with a visit to Egypt's best preserved temple dedicated to Horus, the Falcon God. Casting off, we spend the afternoon on board watching Upper ...
Esna
Nous naviguons à 12 km/h, à contre-courant, nous gagnerons deux kilomètres heure dans le sens opposé. Le bateau file sur l'eau avec une extrême douceur, comme si le Sudan était une main caressant le Nil. Cette souplesse de mouvement, le Sudan la ...
Awesome scenery on our way to Luxor
Hi guys Just a few scenery pics of Egypt on our way down to Luxor. It was great fun driving down and reminded me so much of Namibia. In parts the roads were completely under water and we stopped to take some pics. Bruce got a bit ...
Riding down the Nile
No trip to Egypt is complete without a ride on a Felucca. A sailboat configuration from ancient times, the felucca is still used today on the Nile predominantly by tourists. Our trip included a two day felucca ride! We envisioned a ...
The Felucca story
What can you do on a Felucca? Since it became really cold in the night almost everyone of us woke up to get a blanket. At 5:45 a.m. the night had a sudden end to me: Mariona decided that I had to see the sunrise and woke me up - only that she, when I was ...
Esna, Edfu, Gallabeya Party
... heat. (Since the nile flow downhill as it progresses from south to north, the south of the country is called Upper Egypt). After some more napping and lounging (hard life...) we went to the boat's Gallabeya party, a costume party in traditional ...
The Egyptian Bazaar
It was about 2.30pm in the afternoon that our ship arrived the town of Esna. Esna is a small town located on the west bank of the River Nile in between the Edfu and Luxor. Although being unglamorous and insignificant to the visiting tourists, Esna is ...
Egypt Day 5
... At 3:30 we visited Kom Ombo Temple in Sobek and did some shopping in a market outside the temple. Sobek is the hottest town in Egypt and South of here is Nubia which is desert by the Nile and not fertile land. This town used to worship crocodiles and we ...
Aboard the Marquis. Stops at Edfu, Horus Temple
Saturday 17 August 2002 Sailing South. Stop at Edfu to view Temple of Horus. [May return to this entry with more detail ...
Valley of the Kings and Queens
... and ominous amid the dark sky and the moonlight. This was a memorable finale to our Nile River cruise to the southern part of Egypt. And would you believe it, we left the camera in our stateroom thinking we would go back to retrieve it after using the ...
The Nile
... I know with each passing day it will be harder and harder to leave this paradise I have found....I know that I will ache for Egypt after I leave her... I was standing in my window as we cruised down the Nile taking photographs. A farmer working in his ...
Abu Simbel and Nile Cruise
... to build all these amazing temples and pyramids so many years ago. The rest of the day was spent back on the cruise ship watching Egypt slip by as we headed towards Luxor. In Egypt you can't buy alcohol from any supermarkets, so you have 48 hours after ...
Down the Nile
... has been the lifeline for Egyptian culture since the Stone Age. Climate change, or perhaps overgrazing, desiccated the pastoral lands of Egypt to form the Sahara desert, possibly as long ago as 8000 BC, and the inhabitants then presumably migrated to the ...
Fellucca Days
... die. That night we got caught in a freak storm and had to take our sail down and drift into a harbour. It never rains in Egypt huh... thankfully it wasn't much but it was very windy. Day 3 We did not have enough wind on the second day to reach our ...
Edfu and Kom Ombo
... the falcon headed god, it was built during the reigns of six Ptolemies. This is not only the best preserved ancient temple in Egypt, but the second largest after Karnak. The temple at Kom Ombo is unique because it is in fact a double temple, dedicated ...
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