Luxor, Egypt Travel Blogs

... 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 ...

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... The temple was lit up brilliantly under the dark royal blue of the night sky. I took another couple of rolls of films here. Luxor had been another stunning place with soooooo much to see and do here. Its been pretty hard to pick highlights in Egypt as ...

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... 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 music ...

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... 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 ...

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... 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 it.& ...

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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 ...

A travel blog entry by christinasworld
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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 ...

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... 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 ...

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... 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 ...

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... 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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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... 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 ...

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... 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 ...

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... 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 ...

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... 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 people ...

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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 ...

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... 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 capabilities. ...

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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 ...

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... governor of Luxor claims that the town is the world's largest open-air museum and he's probably right. Nowhere else in Egypt is there such a concentration of monuments from Pharaonic Egypt, as this was once Thebes, the capital of the New Kingdom - one ...

A travel blog entry by tavini
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... & 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 ...

A travel blog entry by byrnedm
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... known as 'The Place of Truth' to those who ended up being buried there. Obviously a staple of any package visit to Egypt, we were pleasantly surprised by a thin late afternoon crowd. Overlooking the scene is a barren peak called Al Qurn (The Horn). It ...

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... 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, so ...

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... diversity of ancient sites, the friendliness of the Egyptian people, they really seem to be sincere when they say ``welcome to Egypt´´. The excellent weather, the food, the list goes on and on. Detrimental things, having the camera knicked, that was a ...

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... straight stretch of the river that was chosen by the big cheeses of the Middle Kingdom as their capital of Upper (Southern) Egypt - Thebes. All the big names made their mark; hence temples sprouting like mushrooms, tombs riddling the hillsides and why the ...

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... also was once occupied by the Roman reign and even Alexander the Great of Greece built a temple within Luxor. Built largely by Amenhotep III and Ramses II, it appears that the temple's purpose was for a ...

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... - allowing me become a little less shy. We have visited Abu Simbel - a set of two temples near the border of Egypt with Sudan. Constructed for the pharaoh Ramesses II who reigned for 67 years during the 13th century BC (19th Dynasty)... To visit Abu ...

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... better shopping at the markets when you have local knowledge helping you.  No haggling or hassling! As soon as we arrived in Luxor, I rang my friend in Cairo who told us the maximum prices we should pay for the items we wanted and he also  ...

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