Tutotel Partner Hotel Luxor

... of the artisans and and artists who worked on the pharaoh&#8217;s tombs. They are located over the mountain and, although much smaller and simpler, are no less impressive with their colors, beauty and preservation. It is a shame that no photos are allowed in the Valley of the Kings (although it makes for a lot of postcard sales).<br><br>It is getting to be very hot, close to 36 C (97 F), when we get on our donkeys for the return trip ...

This morning we arrived in Luxor and started our tour at the crack of dawn, thanks to Ashraf being an early bird. We would thank him later for keeping us out of the hell which was the Valley of the Kings at noon! Aside from the heat the Valley of the Kings and the Queens was very cool! You could walk through these very colorful tombs that are built way underground which have many chambers including the tombs of some of the phararohs, namely Ramses ...

... get them to give you money? To those Egyptians who have over the years believed that Egypt should not be a pawn of the West, Mubarek has said tough and squashed all dissent. The tourists keep coming, and while there is repression, the dollars flow.<br><br>So this is some of what I started talking about with Khalid. As a tour guide, he benefits from Mubarek and Sadat's decisions. Had they acted more like Nasser, it's likely Khalid wouldn't have a job, or maybe even ...

... into the mountain rock and then the interiors are pained and carved in honor of the deceased life. The tombs are then stuffed with almost anything you can imagine a Pharaoh would need in his afterlife. This is basically anything he would need in his daily activities...furniture, food, clothes, jewelry, etc. Its hard to imagine how all this stuff was crammed into these tombs as their size is limited. We went into King Tuts tomb which in the ...

... way for me to turn it off is to whack the camera hard against my hand. I was incredibly ****** off, and now have to make do with my **** phone camera because I can't really afford to buy another one, and it's still under warranty anyway (I can't imagine repair services in Egypt to help in the slightest). Donkey ride We rode donkeys for an hour to the Valley of the Kings, a traditional way of travelling in this part of the world, and particularly painful if you're male. I ...

... it was on. Up top was the required pool and lounge area with the drink menu filled with Pina Coladas and Daquiris. It looked like a great nice way to spend the next 4 days of our honeymoon.<br><br> After a fantastic lunch, we headed to Karnak and Luxor Temples on the East Bank of the Nile River. We got lucky that there were only about 26 or so people that spoke English as their first language and the cruise even split us up into 2 groups. No big giant tour bus with hordes of ...

... apres ma visite du Temple de Louxor. Nous passerons finalent la soiree ensemble, lui me degotant de nulle part un ticket pour Louxor-Le Caire (rien a faire au guichet, meme un 'officiel' me confirme que je vais devoir raquer 60$ pour un sleeping train ; Akim passe un coup de tel, on retrouve un pote qui passe un coup de tel et qui retrouve un pote. j'ai mon billet pour 70EGP), moi profitant de mon passeport pour lui acheter de la tise. Le soir, nous trouvons un velo pour deux ...

... because it was not included on the tour and for the 4 of us would have cost around $100 just to get in! I regretted not seeing it as it is supposed to be one of the most beautiful tombs of all.<br><br>Following these visits we drove back across the Nile and checked into the Sonesta Saint George. At first I had been a bit upset that our four-day cruise on the Nile, was only turning out to be three days. I was told ...