Nefertart Abu Simbel
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Abu Simbel - Ramses II, Philae Temple
... to the building of the High Dam, The Island of Philae was finally completely submerged. Before this, visitors could view the partially submerged ruins of the temple of Philae on rowboats. The construction of the High Dam necessitated the removal of the island monuments to the nearby island of Agilika. The western colonnade of the Philae Temple had 31 columns; the eastern ...
Day 44 - Day 4 of tour - Cairo - Abu Simbel
... condition and most have not been restored, but are original and have lasted thousand's of years. Stayed around for the sight & sound show which was to start at 6.30pm but kicked 40 mins later. Brilliant sight, but not as good as the Pyramids sight & sound. Tonight the show was in Greek but we had headsets to listen to commentary in English, but alias these work that well. Back to boat for tea & then ...
Abu Simbel and more
... bulit another smaller temple for his wife Nefertari. But as Rameses II was a selfish man, out of the six statues at the entrance to Nefertari's temple, four were actually of him and only two were of his wife, typical self obsessed king. This smaller temple was also impressive, but there was something overall that was impressive about both temples.
Just imagine moving these massive temples from their original locations. Well that is exactly what ...
The ferry to Egypt
... a bit of tooing and froeing and by 9.30am we were sat on plastic chairs in the customs area. Between then and 1pm we sat, read, I even had a snooze on the dirty floor. It was really very hot, probably 30-35degrees outside and inside there were a few ceiling fans. We had our passports stamped and at about 1pm we were told we could board. As we were to be leaving Nala (truck) for maybe two weeks I had all my stuff packed in my backpack. We were also ...
The ferry to Egypt
... amounts of water and drinks. We were pushed and shoved and overtaken but we stood our ground and made it onto the ferry it what must have been over 40degree heat! Our spot was up on top deck with no shade whatsoever so we quickly tide up a tarp to give us some shade. The deck was boiling hot as it was metal and sitting under the tarp was pretty interesting especially because of the pool of sweat that would be left behind. We stayed on the dock until 5pm ...
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