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Kom Ombo Slideshow
Kom Ombo
Travel Blogs from Kom Ombo, Egypt
back on board
This is a top pick! ... of a boat, as an excuse to stop whatever game they are playing, shouting and dancing and waving on the riverbank. Approaching Kom Ombo, appearing through the haze of late afternoon, Kom Ombo, hits you right between the eyes, perched on the riverside on ...
Glowing Lantern
This is a top pick! ... nbsp; She spoke excellent English that she learned mostly on her own; clearly she was motivated and energetic and intelligent. As Egypt passed by the windows, we talked about what it is to be a young woman in the Muslim world. When Glowing ...
Nile cruising - call of the donkey
This is a top pick! ... which only added to the effect. Sometimes I really dig my timing. Late afternoon on the second day we stopped at Kom Ombo, a small riverside town with a worthy little temple to check out. Dedicated to Sobek and Haroeris (crocodile and falcon gods ...
Not much lucka in a felucca
This is a top pick! It was decided to take a felucca up to or as far as we could handle to Luxor. Before we went, we needed to order some beers. Egyptian Stella. That what does not kill us, only makes us stronger. We figured on an amount to get us through a couple of days ...
Mar 01, 2010
This is a top pick! 
Dahabiya Nile Cruise - Day 4
In the morning we had a leisurely breakfast and wandered along looking at the different shrines. We then came to a magnificent group of 3 shrines built by Merneptah, Rameses II and Seti I during the new kingdom. It has these great pillars on either side ...
Dahabiya on the Nile - Day 3
We were woken by a big noisy party coming from the other side of the river at around 4am thereabouts maybe even earlier. Then the mosque started up. Then Pete got up and I looked outside my window on the water to see a fisherman right next to us going ...
Edfu and Komombo
Today we saw Edfu temple in the morning and Komombo in the afternoon. Edfu was a temple to the god Horus, the falcon. The cool part about this temple though was how we got there. When we got of the boat, horse drawn carriages picked us up and drove us ...
Kom Ombo
Plan: Quick stop off at the Temple of Kom Ombo. Another early morning... who planned this thing? We were up, and packed, and loading into a car to join up with a convoy, which is the only way you are allowed to travel from Aswan to Luxor by ...
Serenity
... , jump on a minibus and head back to Luxor with a couple of temple visits thrown in for good measure. The first was at Kom Ombo itself and was dedicated to the crocodile headed God Sobek. They used to keep live crocodiles here in the temple pool and ...
Temples we got temples
... to give him anything as he was looking after it all, but all in all, very tedious. More sailing until we arrived at Kom Ombo to visit the temple. This is a dual temple, overlooking the Nile, dedicated to Horus and to the crocodile god ...
Nile Cruising - Kom Ombo & Edfu
... us. They all seemed like nice people. We woke early on our first morning onboard the 'Armada' so we could visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the local crocodile god Sobek, and Haroeris. Our guide (who we booked from Aswan) was supposed to meet us ...
Tempio di Kom Ombo
... il Tempio di Edfu, abbiamo raggiunto in nave Kom Ombo dove nel tardo pomeriggio (prima fa troppo caldo...) abbiamo effettuato la visita. Kom Ombo è una città dell'Egitto posta sulla riva occidentale del Nilo. Si trova a circa 40 Km a nord di Aswan. ...
The Crocodile Temple
... into our hands before we reached the temple. Once up there the sun began to sink over the horizon, leaving the ruins of Kom Ombo temple and the Nile beyond it glowing in a deep orange haze. Despite the hundreds of tourists buzzing round it at that time, ...
Day 5 - In De Nile
... to hear. Their rhythms are so cool and loved it we had so much fun and I would highly recommend it to everyone if you go to Egypt to listen to the Nubian music! Well we looked at our watches and it was 1AM! Where did the night go, we quietly sneaked back ...
Cruising the Nile
... nbsp; The kids get excited at the prospect of discovering a towel creature in our room later today. Soon the boat docks at Kom Ombo and we go ashore to see the temple, which is dedicated to both Horus the Elder and Sobek, the crocodile god. ...
Day 18 (Felucca)
Seems the wind is against us today, so we are struggling to make headway, a few km's downriver I can see the Temple of Kom Ombo, which we were due to see this afternoon Turns out the captain realised the wind was turning, and cast off about 3am, ...
Dual temple of Sobek and Horus.
... , you should see what they look like when they're 3000 years old. LOL. Besides that, the temple is very well preserved and showcases some of the most beautiful god and pharaoh depictions I've seen in Egypt. Kom Ombo, from the Nile to the sky. ...
Felucca to Kom Ombo
After Abu Simbel, we hopped a felucca from Aswan to Kom Ombo temple and sailed down the Nile ...
Midnight At The Oasis
... and merriment. Rose wins the prize for best female costume. We continue dancing and drinking under the moon and stars in Kom Ombo, listening to music from a wedding close by. We are staying here for the night and there are no early ...
Felucca cruising and Kom Ombo Temple
... night ride back again to Aswan town. We spent two days on the boats and ended the nile valley section of the trip with a quick stop at Kom Ombo temple, which in fact we had a look at the outside of but didn't go in. Have seen our truck up close for the ...
Kom ombo
... qu’elles passent à la postérité et qu’elles participent à l’élévation de l'humanité. Navigation pour arriver a Kom Ombo au coucher du soleil. Nous visitons le temple de Kom Ombo de nuit : le spectacle est grandiose. Le site ...
The Temple of Kom Ombo
Kom Ombo is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for its temple. It was originally a Greek settlement called Ombos, from the Egyptian 'nubt', meaning City of Gold (not to be confused with the city north of Naqada that was also called Nubt/Ombos). The ...
Kom Ombo
Kom Ombo was the first stop on our Nile Cruise. We arrived in the middle of the night and visited the temple just after sun up. A fascinating way to begin a ...
Esna to Kom Ombo
G'day all, Well this is another fine pickle you have gotten me in ollie said nancy when i informed her i was not going to go on the tour this morning so she and the other intrepid travellers took off and left me to wallow in my misery alone (yeah right ...
The Felucca Trip - Aswan to Kom Ombo
... jam and cheese triangles. Indescribably better than I've described it!!! After breakfast we continued our 30km journey (from Aswan to Kom Ombo). Again, the day was very relaxing with more games (I spy and backgammon popular today), good food and a ...
On the Nile
... From Thursday to Saturday we cruised the Nile, visiting Kom Ombo and Edfu on the way to Luxor. Both temples were fascinating: Kom Ombo because it is dedicated to two gods and Edfu because it is so wonderfully preserved. We did not have enough time ...
Kom Ombo
After sailing up the Nile from Edfu, we arrived at Kom Ombo in the afternoon. Here we toured the temple dedicated to Sobek (the crocodile-headed goddess) built by Cleopatra VII. Cleopatra VII is the famous Cleopatra who loved Mark Antony ...