AMARANTE ISIS Luxor

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... Pyramids of Giza out our window then went to visit them- they were amazing. We had a short camel ride which was interesting, "Daisy" the camel didnt like us and kept turning around to nibble on our feet so all of the photos we have, I am ******** myself because I thought we were going to fall off! The sphinx was also amazing, we cant believe how big these things are! It is pretty bloody hot in egypt about 40 degrees everyday, we got sucked in and paid 10 euro for a ...

... Sarah was not sad she missed it though.<br><br>On the walk home we had a contest to see how many carriage men would offer to take us home. For the first time on our Egypt trip Tom was looking to be hassled. Much to his dismay, Lindsey won the contest. Every man in Turkey and Egypt throught that Tom was the luckiest man in the world because he had 3 beautiful wives. Today however a man called out to him, "Give me one of your daughters. I am lonely and you have two!" Already sad he had ...

It's hard to believe that we are finishing the same day that we started at 3am. The wake up call wasn't really required, we had plenty of alarms set. The bags were packed and we were down in the lobby by 3.45am. We had a "breakfast box" waiting for us with Mango juice prima's, mini chocolate croissants and a blueberry danish. We all dutifully boarded the bus, and it pulled out of the Fairmont complex, to the side of the road..where we sat for oh, 45 minutes whilst niceties were ...

... he did a good job of addressing authoritarian rule. We cannot simply impose democracy on other countries, but Obama can point out that authoritarian rule has shaky foundations. The question for the president though, is how shaky is authoritarian rule when supplied with 1.5 billion US dollars to buy guns each year?<br><br>But more on Obama's speech later...<br><br>After the coffee shop we sat around talking a bit about the Peace Corps and a bit about politics, no ...

... 9th. Its freakin hot in these tombs, but they are really fascinating, like why put so much effort into decorating a tomb which is the hidden from the world...These egyptians were really something. We also saw temple of Hatjeepsuit (sorry, cant spell it, but that is how its pronounced...really!) and an Alabaster factory before having the day to ourselves. We also got yesterday the traditional gold cartouches with our names in heiroglyphics, so I can now say I own gold ...

An overnight felucca trip brought us up from Aswan to Luxor. We kicked back on the boat, went swimming in the Nile, camped on the banks and had a bonfire. We had bought some alcohol in Luxor to take with us (Volga Vodka, Gordoons Gin, Racardi, John Waller...the good stuff, clearly), so it was a pretty good night with lots of singing and dancing. Today was temple day because on the drive into ...

... Sea, climbing (what is allegedly but probably not) Mt Sinai, and doing other exciting stuff in the Sinai. I spent a bit of time this evening calling family on Skype, including speaking to my cousin Andrew for the first time after his baby girl Zoe was born. I also spoke to my uncle Tim who asys that the Valley of the Kings, where we're heading tomorrow, is the best place he's visited anywhere in the world. I can't wait for it!

... a giant temple built into a mountain covered in colored hieroglyphics and carvings. Built during the reign of the most powerful Queen of Egypt, the temple&#8217;s highlight is a carving depicting the transfer of the massive obelisks of Luxor and Karnak from the quarries upstream in Aswan down the Nile to Luxor. Since the obelisks were made of only one massive granite stone, transportation was no small feat. There was one giant boat with 3 levels that would be beached ...

... I changed some money, the teller gave Fiona and Tatiana each a shiny new one piaster coin (worth 1/3 of a cent) with which they were delighted. We&#8217;ve never visited a place where Fiona and Tatiana have received such constant and adoring attention. We walked through the tourist &#8220;bazaar&#8221; full of overprices goods and pesky children. We didn&#8217;t buy anything but water and potato chips.