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Luxor Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Luxor, Egypt
Cruisin' Down the Nile
This is a top pick! ... in museums. How hard it must have been to leave all the comforts for the harshness of the desert beyond. In a similar way, I must leave the comforts of this cruise boat for a more realistic experience of Egypt. Off to Alexandria! ...
Karnak and Luxor Temples,
This is a top pick! ... to give as presents on our return. Fortunately, our tour rep, decided to take the tour to a pharmacy, (located behind Luxor Temple) where she encouraged everyone to buy Antinal, just in case of stomach upsets, seemingly this is the wonder cure for ...
Chaos continues in Cairo - 1 Feb - 5 Feb
This is a top pick! ... and brothers have to go to the cemetery. As we travel back so we see a group of people marching on the outskirts of Luxor, pro Mubarak supporters. There really does seem no end in sight. What on earth will tomorrow bring. Thursday 3rd February Went into ...
Valley of Kings, Queens and Karnak
This is a top pick! ... was a really friendly Egyptian guy who I spent a lot of time chatting to and drinking Karkadey (Hibiscus tea) with. I took a walk around Luxor which was really nice and run into a shop owner "Ali" who invited me in. I have learnt from being in a few ...
Only tourist left in town! - 12 - 25 Feb 2011
This is a top pick! ... never happened before….we go through the main road through Qena, full of hustle and bustle and general everyday life of Egypt…a scene a bit different to that which we saw a few weeks ago when we travelled to Hurghada during the revolution ...
West Bank
This is a top pick! ... you, someone really needs to explain to them, we are not GOLD-PLATED. If you have high blood pressure, don't take a Luxor taxi, though Ahmed was very competent, it's all the others on the road, doing their own thing and dancing to their own ...
Valley of the Kings
This is a top pick! ... saved their best work for themselves and it was more colorful and beautiful than the tombs of the Kings. When we got back to Luxor, we went to the markets again with Deb who showed us where to purchase things and bargained the price for us. Mum ...
Luxor-ious Settings! (Asinine Title Alert!)
This is a top pick! For the past few days amidst the temples of Karnack and Luxor and down in the Valley of the Kings I have stood awestruck at the indefatigable vastness of Egyptian cunning. I have also enjoyed viewing ancient pharaonic splendors. I do not know my ...
Abydos and Dendara Temple
This is a top pick! ... leaning on the walls. Unfortunately it didn't make a difference. They had no respect. We arrived at Luxor at about 6pm. We went out for tea. Mum's chicken was so tough that she couldn't even cut ...
Wednesday continued
This is a top pick! On arrival back at the hotel, it was straight into breakfast, later on we were going for a little stroll downtown, the reason being, Ahmed had invited us to his house for lunch, we wanted to find a bakery, so we could buy some pastries, we didn't want to ...
The travel sickness has got to Mum
This is a top pick! ... rubbish in the river), many boats also seem to just dump their rubbish overboard. The government should have a clean up Egypt day. However, they wouldn't get any volunteers unless they paid. There was also a police boat go past ...
Imshi (arabic for go Away) an ode to Mubarak
This is a top pick! Imshi (arabic 4 go away) 31st January 2011 Who does he think he is - Caesar? He is a stubborn old man and a despot leader Mubarak Mubarak go away and don't come back another day - that is what I hear them say…. After 30 years of dictatorship The ...
Saturday, must be chill out day
This is a top pick! Chill out day today, seen enough temples for now, after all, need to save something for a later trip. Just lounged about the pool, let that old nuclear ball in the sky do its magic, another hazy day, saw clouds for the first time, we have a ...
4am Wednesday 28th November
This is a top pick! just one thing to say after waking up so early, Where's the coffee? The minibus from Karnak travel picked us up from the hotel lobby, took us to the Corniche, where we boarded a small motor boat, which took us to the West Bank, having a spot more coffee ...
Riots for Revolution? 28-31 Jan 2011
This is a top pick! ... have run out of petrol, so he had to turn back to Hurghada. The petrol stations are charging a fortune for fuel. Egypt Airlines is cancelling its flights to Cairo tomorrow as well as train services. Ordinary people are mobilising together again the ...
More Temples and it is still hot!!!
This is a top pick! ... the Karnak Temple in the early pm then a bit of poolside relaxing then a walk with the group past the illuminated Luxor Temple after dark. Smoke a really shit sheesha after dinner then explored the local nightclub scene with our leader and tourmate ...
Light Hearts and the Valley of the Kings
This is a top pick! ... in Caanan, just beginning to settle their land. Babylonia and the Persian Assyrians were in decline or developing. Egypt was the most advanced civilization and therefore had the most advanced burials for their dead rulers. I descended into ...
Fellucca bliss!
This is a top pick! Moved onto our fabulous fellucca mid morning for the sail on the Nile to Luxor...two night of bliss! Immediately got very busy doing nothing and remained in that state for most of the duration of the trip. Played some highly competitive games ...
Valley of the Kings
This is a top pick! ... of Ramesses III, an important New Kingdom period structure in the location of the same name on the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed ...
Sunday, it must be Luxor
This is a top pick! ... us, to show us the Egyptian market, camels included, (just to look at, not to buy) he is also going to take us to Luxor museum on Monday afternoon. Took a little trip to the bank across the road, got cornered by a shoe shine man, he wasn't frightened at ...
Monday, time to leave the Ruby
This is a top pick! ... for the coming week, Karnak travel, seems to just have the edge on Jolleys price wise, they say they are a subsidiary of Egypt air, everything comes with insurance, the balloon trip costs 45 euros, it beat jolleys price, they also give you a certificate ...
transfer to Luxor
This is a top pick! At noon today Diana and I took a one hour flight to Luxor. The flight was interesting because it flew very low at only 5,000 miles so it was a spectacular view of the Sahara Desert all the way. This has ben a difficult day for ...
Luxurious time in Luxor
This is a top pick! ... from outside. I took a stroll around, saved my bucks and went back to my hotel for a rest. People say Luxor is the hassle/tout central of Egypt. I did not really feel that way. The people who guided me seemed like really nice country ...
Christmas in the land of the Pharaohs....10-25 Dec
This is a top pick! ... ;please someone tell me why would you want to live in the UK? answers on a postcard to Sam Philpott, currently residing in Luxor, Egypt!!!! Friday 24th December It’s Christmas Eve and another nice day. We go to the Metropolitan - it’s the ...
Crazy heat in the Valley of the Kings
This is a top pick! ... the earliest being at 7am. We were given a number of lame ass excuses as to why, but security was barely mentioned. Driving in Egypt can be fairly sketchy but even more so when you're in a convoy of 50 tourist buses of varying sizes and speed ...
Luxor-ious - INCLUDES VIDEO!
This is a top pick! Here is our Egypt video! We hadn't really planned to do much in Egypt apart from Cairo but then Luxor jumped out at us as a possible destination, so we hop on the train down there. The guy who books our ticket swears up and down that ...
Pharaonic Fatigue
This is a top pick! ... & P'ing who? Okay, I don't want to dwell too much on the frustrations we experienced as two independent travellers to Luxor (and Egypt thus far) but I do still want to mention them all the same. They, the frustration, not surprisingly all revolve around ...
Ancient Splendour, Modern Havoc
This is a top pick! ... remaining obelisks were also highlights, particularly the obelisk of Hatshepsut and the history behind this. That evening we visited Luxor Temple. This temple was similar looking to Karnak Temple only on a smaller scale. However, the whole ...
On our own in Luxor
This is a top pick! ... the hotel to visit Karnak travel, just to pay for and confirm our bookings of the previous day. bookings done, just strolling around Luxor, avoiding the hassle from the caleche drivers, I just tell them we are booked with Ahmed then they leave you alone, ...