Morris Hotel Luxor

... clambered over the ruins like a antelope. I on the other hand was weighed down with 40lbs of camera gear lumbered behind him. What a wonderful change Luxor is after Cairo. It's relaxed, stunning to look at and seems so less frantic. The people are charming and the pace so much more enjoyable.<br><br>Then picked up Nagwan our guide and we both headed back to Karnak. Nagwan was such a breath of fresh air and we had a great two hours at Karnak temple. She ...

... It was tough and we read every word on every sign, took some great pictures and really abosrbed the place as much as we could - it was massive, much bigger the Abu SImbel and as impressive, just in a different way. The main advantage of the middle of the day is we were the only tourist stupid enough to be out there so there was not too many people around.<br><br>We walked there and back as well and took in a bit of Luxor which is a lot nicer than Aswan in our ...

... I like Obama! I like America." If you push people further you find that, while in some places it is, to a degree, something to make you like the seller, people really are not afraid to tell you how they hate George Bush and did not like the America of just a year ago... Today in Cairo Jessica, who says "she's not the biggest Obama fan..." was very annoyed by the number of people who hear you are from America and always excitedly express their love of Obama. She ...

... is evidence of their presence near the entrance on the right - writing in red on the wall. It continued to rain off and on the rest of the afternoon, which was great because it was overcast - not too hot - and the dust was calm - for the most part. In Tutankhamun's tomb, we saw his mummy - so tiny, and the rest of his coffins that were not taken to the museum. Inside his tomb, there was a local man that would wander around to tourists and go "Wow" and get a ...

... the entrée, but would include hummus, pita, babaghanoush, tabouli, eggplant, and a myriad other items.  We have been filled up after meals, to say the least.    After lunch we had some free time before we were to meet up as a group to head to Aswan's Movenpick hotel to visit their tower for tea and cakes.  This day we celebrated the birthday of one of our group members, Stephanie, and enjoyed a wonderful Egyptian cake with melon, peaches, and apples adorning the top.    We ...

... various gods in human and animal form (and half and half) in the royal tombs did not.  The workers' tombs are by the village of workers who went over the mountain each day to build the royal tombs and were kept in isolation from the rest of the populace to try and keep information on the tombs secret from tomb robbers.  The foundations of the poky worker's houses, cheek by jowl, can be seen today. Spectacular, against the backdrop of the barren mountains at Deir el Bahari ...