Pola Luxor
Khalid Ben El Walid Luxor, Nile River Valley, 1868, Egypt
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... The seats are wide and cushy, the widest I've ever been on for years. Must be partly due to the average size of Egyptians. :)
The pilot prays beneath the plane before entering it. Our bags are tagged for Luxor, but the attendant says they will arrive there "inshallah." Several passengers near us close their eyes and pray as the plane barrels down the runway, but they don't bother to turn off their electronics. The safety demonstration was ...
Up, Up and Away And Down With An Insurance Scam
... couldn’t be further from the truth. It just seems obvious to me that Jesus is Horus, is Krishna, is Mithras. Osiris is God, Allah or whatever. Religion should be embraced for what it is and not for the reasons of those who rewrite it.
Two enormous granite statues of Horus in his incarnation as a falcon guard the entrance to the Temple at Edfu. The enormous reliefs on the wall, reminiscent of those at mednat habu, show the Pharaoh Ptolemy XII, father of Cleopatra, holding ...
Luxor
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Selv indtager jeg frokosten på en lidt primitiv, men meget charmerende restaurant, der har borde og stole under en levende pergola lige ned til floden. Små motoriserede turbåde har overtaget det meste af den lokale trafik, men der er stadig en del felukaer med deres karakteristiske sejl- og mastekonstruktion. Der er også en mere regulær færge - Den sejler når der er passagerer nok ! - eller ca. hver tiende minut. Det koster en hel krone ...
Valley of the Kings
... was Colossus of Memon, 2 giant statues just at the side of the road. We didn’t walk right down, just stood at the top section chatting to Tarek while the others wandered around. We drove back to the hotel – Mike and I went across to get water bottles. The bus drove us about 10 mins out of Luxor to where our boat was docked – the 5 star Nile Dolphin. Ate lunch first, then checked into our rooms, really nice ...
Once More Into The Valley of Death
... of the door. I had expected hassle from Egyptians pestering me for money, or even pickpockets, but had not seen an Englishman with a dodgy bladder as a potential threat.
The reason that I had wanted to catch up on some sleep was that the morning was exhausting. Up until today, temperatures had been in the high twenties, and there had been a slight but noticeable breeze to keep things bearable. Today the breeze was gone and the mercury was hitting the mid to high thirties. To ...



