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Luxor Slideshow
Luxor
Travel Blogs from Luxor, Egypt
We are sailing!
... mooring each night by the river bank and spending the days lounging and jumping in the river when it was too hot. Before I left for Egypt I said I would never jump in the Nile, but when it's that hot it seems so inviting. So I threw caution to the ...
Day 19 (Luxor)
... its quite the adventure We get dropped off at the train station, its 14:10, and we have just missed a tourist train to Luxor, there is a 4pm train, but there is a big sign on the wall saying no foreigners on the 4pm train, the next tourist train ...
A Snippit
... the honey orange light warming the air and water. The food on the boat was also delicious- the best I've had in Egypt. Felucca experience- amazing. Yesterday morning we left the felucca, traveled by minibus to Kom Ombo and then Edfu and, finally, ...
Nile Cruise, Luxor to Aswan
... is a Coptic church from something like 30 AD and on top of that a mosque. The Coptics (Egyptian Christians) had used Luxor temple, and many others, as their churches when they still had to be secretive. Frescoes are painted on top of hieroglyphics in one ...
Along the Nile
Salaam Aleikam from Luxor, located in the heart of Egypt. Now this is interesting---although located far south from Cairo in Northern Egypt, Luxor is in an area called Upper Egypt. Because the Nile flows from south to north, Luxor is in Upper Egypt ...
Day 5: Felucca Aswan-Luxor
A little like groundhog day. Repetition of the same activities throughout the day with no signs of any villages to leap out at let alone temples with cabs. We stop for an extended 3 hour lunch break where we pass the time by adventurously ...
Day 6: Dirty, Dusty, Derelict Luxor
... rest of the group decide they are done and we start our journey by van, accompanied by the requisite police convoy to Luxor. As we are approaching town we witness a motorbike swerving into and hitting a young girl without so much as a glance ...
Totally Templed Out
... at a high enough elevation, it has escaped a lot of damage from Nile floods, and is now the most completely preserved temple in Egypt. There was a lot to see here, including an area that has 32 huge columns to wander between. It was amazing to see the ...
Where's the Manna?
... of tourists at a preset time for the terrorists. We departed Aswan in one of these police convoys to head to Luxor, the former capital of Egypt. Along the way we stopped at a number of ancient temples (Kom Ombo, Edfu and Karnak Temples). They were ...
North African Xmas Numbero II
... is there already to be fair, so it'll only get bigger. The next stop on our East Bank tour was indeed to Luxor Temple - unfortunately not a leisurely afternoon stroll down the Avenue de Sphinxes, but a short coach ride away. Luxor Temple is much smaller, ...
The Valley of the Kings and Donkey Day
... store (for scarab cuff links, a bracelet, and a cartouche with our names in hieroglyphics), and a trip to the Luxor Museum. I can't stress enough how wonderful the museum was. It is my favorite museum in Egypt, if not the whole ...
Nile Cruise
... than that I am totally lost--but I am not alone. Everybody else is about as fluent as I am. Sunday night we left for Luxor. We took the overnight train. The train station was quite an experience, but adventure seems to be the rule of the day. We ...
Egypt 4
... and honesty! As far as the must-see historical sites in Cairo are concerned we did them all: Memphis (former capital of Egypt, the stepped pyramid (oldest stone building in the world), Egyptian Museum and of course the Gizeh Pyramids. The masses of ...
Day 21 (Hot Air Balloon & Karnak Temple)
... with its 134 towering papyrus shaped stone pillars, to the assortment of pillars, statues and obelisks (including the tallest obelisk in Egypt standing 29.2m high) it is a good exploration, and we spent about 2 hrs strolling around reading LP for ...
Happy Valentine's Day
... Egyptians would appreciate it much. As for what I've been doing. I spent the last couple of days in Luxor. Luxor is Egypt to me. From the huge temple at Karnak to the Valley of the Kings and a sunset on the Nile River. ...
Nécropole thébaine
Les bords du Nil sont tels que l'on peut les rêver. Le Nil ressemble à une veine d'eau dans laquelle la végétation se nourrit et semble parfois même se déverser sous la forme d'une langue de végétaux à tige courte de couleur verte tendre. Le ...
Ballon Rides, Tombs, Temples and a Carriage ride
... VI, and the tomb of Tut-Ahnk-Amun (king tut) where is mummy is on display! We visited the Temple of hatchepsut who ruled Egypt for 20 years and was the only woman to rule in ancient Egypt. We also visited an alabaster shop where we learned how ...
Here goes Egypt
... last blogged. there is much to say about Egypt but little time to type it. So Day 1 30th november: Cairo-Luxor Today was our first day in Egypt. We managed to geta few hours sleep after arriving at 4am the previous night and were mostely awake foe the ...
Luxor
... for a sail down the Nile to watch the sun set - a very relaxing experience. And, for the ultimate entertainment in Luxor, there is always having a beer and people-watching as tourists are hassled by horse carriage drivers or taxis, who respond completely ...
The Tomb of Tutankhamen
... ? In retrospect it seems incredible that on this same day, we took the ferry across the river and visited the Luxor Museum and the Mummification Museum. However, this is what my notes say. The Luxor Museum is a short walk from ...
Luxor
Arrivée matinale à l'aéroport de Louxor. Le voyage est passé d'une traite sans se faire sentir. Fait inhabituel pour des occidentaux, une prière a été récitée sur les écrans de divertissement de l'avion et ce bien avant la présentation des ...
Valley of The Kings
... buses parked up. Back to the hotel. Had lunch of Magarita pizza & beer, had a nap and caught the ferry over to Luxor Museum on the East bank. The Luxor Museum concentrates mostly on sculptures which date back from the end of the Old Kingdom (2200BC). ...