Egyptian Experience Resort Luxor

... battle of Kadesh. There is one seated statue and one standing statue of Ramses II at the front and a beautiful pink granite obelisk (there were 2 but the best one is in Paris). Beyond this is the great court of Ramses II which is surrounded by a double row of colums with lotus bud capitals of which the walls are decorated with scenes of the Pharoah making offerings to the gods. <br><br>There were many things here to look at and wander about in awe. We spent quite ...

... Luxor Temple for a night time show and photography session with my tripod. The entry fee for students is about 25 pounds, and another 25 pound fee to bring in your tripod. While this is a bit upsetting, for being $4 I can't pass it up. Some places in Europe charge just as much to even bring your camera in. For getting some of the best shots of the entire trip, it was well worth the cost. At this point we were all pretty burnt out on Pharaonic Egypt, but ...

... and rich coloured paintings on the carved wall, they were truly awesome. Sadly any filming is forbidden so no pictures are available for you to see of what we saw. The entry to some tombs were very narrow and others bigger. Having a brief outline of the gods and the symbols of the hieroglyphics helped us see the names of the pharaohs and the gods and how they were ushering the pharaoh to the afterlife all depicted on thousands of these coloured carvings that covered every inch of ...

... a better way of putting it, more or less a huge dissappointment. It is not especially flavorful or interesting, and half of us have been sick some or part of the time we have been here. Ashley told a funny story about the various encounters she had been having with men while oding a little traveling through Africa. Apparently some guy in the hotel lobby had asked to exchange cigarettes with her, essentially telling her they should do it because the swapping of saliva ...

... too. But, in self-defence, here's the approach I've developed. When hassled/harassed, I start with three LA SHOOKRANs (no, a polite thank you), move to 2 HALLAs (that's enough already), and if all else fails, I hit them with the big one, IMSHEE (now, I don't actually know what this means in Arabic, all I know is that when I once used it, the guy said to me "This not nice!", so I liken it to a '****-off' type comment). All is I know, is that this one works! I've advised other ...

... would keep at you thinking eventually you would crack probably through fatigue more than anything! Another massive meal for dinner and we crashed for the night sailing as we slept. April 7th - Nile Saray This morning we visited Edfu temple, as it was quite far away from the boat we negotiated with a horse and carriage to take us. Eventually we got them down to a reasonable price especially seeing as though we shared it with a Norwegian couple. The temple was ...

... were dd cheap about 4 ponds from a eatery on the streets and sat and eat them opposite the Luxor temple which is quite nice but there is no point paying for it as you get to see all of it from the street anyway. I am off to Dahab tonight, I have seen some pics of it from my mate and it looks like there is no beach there so I am planning to get a connecting bus on to Nuweib before heading off on the ferry to Jordan prob on Sunday fingers crossed!

... of the Kings, the world almost comes to an end. Nothing grows here, and the climate is hot even through the winter. Hence it is a very obvious symbol for death. The rocks could quite easily be dug in, allowing for canals into the underworld. Also the desert is a perfect storing place for corpses. Over 60 tombs have been opened so far but estimates have been made that there are probably between 100 -150 in total.<br><br>We assembled in the foyer, bleary eyed. It transpired ...

Finally, we are in Luxor where we will be taken to Karnak Temple, Valley of the Kings and Queen.<br><br>First stop , Luxor Temple at night. With the huge columns, courtyards and statues, the temple area was colossal and seeing it at night with all the lights made it all the more beautiful.<br><br>The next day, was the visit to ever famous Karnak Temple but to be honest, at this point, all the ...

... the valley. I was so excited because I missed out on this part last time. The three tombs we went into were Tuthmosis III (KV 34), Ramses IV (KV 2) and Ramses I (KV 16). There were all great tombs. The tomb of Tuthmosis III took a bit of effort to get to though, it is cut high up into the rock at the southern most end of the valley so there are a few stairs to climb to get to the entrance and then you have to work your way down to get to the chambers. The tombs ...