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Luxor Slideshow
Luxor
Travel Blogs from Luxor, Egypt
Luxor, Day 1
... a while. Then we moved into the lush landscape surrounding the Nile, where there were lots of sugarcane fields. We arrived in Luxor and we said goodbye to Joni and Mark. We took a cab to the ferry terminal and took a small boat ...
Last Day on West Bank
... the mountains behind the village and get some awesome views of the rich green valley behind the town and then the Nile and Luxor beyond that. After the sightseeing, we helped Magda and dad finish of their shopping and headed to get our stuff from the ...
Luxor, it's been a pleasure
I've been told by many guide books and other travellers that this town is the most painful place in Egypt in terms of hassling tourists, but on arrival i found it to be quite the opposite. I honestly think the government caught wind of this reputation and ...
Luxor
Nous passons la matinée puis la période chaude au bord la piscine. Nous avons besoin de nous reposer avant d'aller plus avant dans la découverte du pays. Après quelques démarches administratives, nous nous enfonçons dans la ville. Quel ...
Happy Halloween & a Test of Tourist Patience!
... They are also planning on lowering the bank so that the Nile is visible from the Avenue of the Sphinxes. In 5 years, Luxor will be completely unrecognizable. Our guide Aamer is Luxorian and can’t believe how much change there is each ...
Hot hot hot in Luxor!
... the front of the truck (much more bumpier at the back) but this initial 3 hour trip wasn’t too bad. We drove straight to Luxor with only one stop at the road side for a toilet stop (we didn’t looking at the state of the outside of the ...
Walking back into Time
Awesome. That's the word to describe our first glimpse of ancient Egypt. While at Luxor we visited Luxor Temple, the Temples of Karnak - one of the most spectacular pieces of architecture yet- and the Valley of the Kings and Queens along with ...
Valley of the Kings
... a few more relaxing hours after the trip with a beer and some sheesha, I had a very good conversation with an American^Egypt guy. Sometimes you meet people and the conversations just come out of nowhere. We actually spent too much time talking because we ...
Luxor
... from there to the right, the sacred lake with what is considered the largest scarab beetle left from ancient Egypt, the symbol of the sun god. Luxor Temple Built by Amenhotep III, enlarged by Ramesses II & modified by Pharoahs through the ages (& ...
The Winter Palace, Denderah and Abydos
... as people, and often confiding that they prefer the Americans they've met over the other nationalities that frequent Egypt more regularly. During the day, my Luxor guide Mahmoud and I joined the tourist convoy to Denderah and Abydos. The convoy itself ...
The Hot Sun In Luxor, Egypt
11.10.09 Luxor, Egypt Did you know that it can be hard to sleep on overnight train – even in a sleeper cabin? This is especially true when one, apparently, has an ...
Train ride to Luxor
Today we took the train from Aswan to Luxor. Talk about an entourage. I think we have more luggage than Madonna on a world tour. We boarded the train in first class. We were on board at least a half hour before the train ...
Inappropriate Behavior
... Here, Hoda spent some time to explain the importance of these gods and the Opet festival, the most important religious festival in Egypt. During the festival the sacred barques of the three gods would be moved from Karnak to Luxor temple along the 2 ...
Ancient Egypt
... times by myself also. Guess it's about coming to peace with every possible situation you encounter in life :) Enfin, straight on to Luxor Tempel and Karnak Tempel afterwards. The second one is HUGE! So big that that any picture i tried to make didn't ...
Felucca family
... ;Nefertiti hotel’ (100LE/night, $17) for some rooftop deck chairs overlooking the Nile, the valley of the kings and Luxor temple. Tomorrow unfortunately we will part our separate ways. I was nice to meet you felucca family, I enjoyed my time with ...
The city of the Kings
... full of temples of all kinds and it's also home to the Valley of the Kings. The greatest Pharaohs of Egypt have all left their mark in Luxor. The very first Pharaohs were the great pyramid builders. The pyramids they built were used both as a funeral ...
West is dead
The Nile is divided into the east and west banks all the way down the river. Ancient Egyptians believed that east signified life which is why all the temples are built on the east bank of the Nile, for worshipping the gods. The west is believed to be ...
La piscine du Winter Palace
Allez ce matin on se lève tôt, impossible de rater les plaisirs qu'offre la piscine du Winter... Le soleil n'a pas encore entièrement pris ses quartiers et le mercure ne dépasse pas encore les 35°C. Autour de la piscine le régime est équilibré, ...
Luxor and the Valley of the Kings
... Owl marveled the truly outstanding examples of ancient Egyptian architecture. After early morning (three loooong hours!) drive from Safaga to Luxor, she first stopped in the Valley of the Kings where over 60 tombs of pharaohs and noblemen are located. ...
A little bit of Christianity!!
... here is closed too - no staff. Was so looking forward to eating here tonight! Oh well will do it when we come back to Luxor. We arranged a taxi into town which is about a 5-7 minute drive and went to The Taste of India for dinner. Ordered up big as we ...
Valley of the Kings...
... part was being able to wander around the whole place by ourselves, quite a change after the crowds at the Karnak and Luxor temples. It is something special to appreciate the spirituality of these places in quiet. It was early in the morning, early enough ...
Luxor's west bank
... our cameras aboard the bus. Taking photos in the valley of the king tombs was forbidden. But as with everything in Egypt, everything is negotionable. After visiting the valley of the kings, we went to an alabaster store that demonstrated how alabaster ...
Grenades Geckos and Tom's Getting Old
... not hassled at all, and in fact people were offering us plastic bags to carry the leftover drinks from the Felucca. We liked Luxor already! We checked into the hotel and Brittany Tom and Lindsey decided to go to the Mummifcation Museum. Sarah was in a ...
Luxor, Egypt
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 Egypt slip by. Later on, we got off our ship and made our way to the center of Esna to the Temple of ...
Valley of the Kings/Temple of Hatshepsut
... and Dendara, all were satisfactory. We could not wait to explore the Valley of the Kings, the resting place of Egypt's pharaohs from Thutmosis I to Rameses X or XI. The ancient Egyptians had intended to hide the great wealth buried in the ...
Evocative Egypt
... the first day at the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx. The Egyptian Museum was extraordinary with it's colossal collection of antiquities from around Egypt. It is too large to see in one day. We took the night train (very good) to Luxor and ...
Nile Bride
... in the hole, we pushed off and had a breakfast of omelettes and crepes. Things are slow going with no wind to power us down the Nile. Tarak steered us across to the east bank where we caught a minibus to Luxor. Good-bye Nile ...
Luxor
... the view from the top was the highlight of our trip to Luxor. It was by far the best view we saw in our entire trip in Egypt. There were some slippery parts, but the hour long hike was well worth it. It was very hard to make ourselves climb up the many ...
