King Tut's tomb

Trip Start May 29, 2008
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Trip End Dec 19, 2008


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Flag of Egypt  , Nile River Valley,
Sunday, August 10, 2008

In Luxor, we had a village tour by donkey. The ride to the village was a really nice ride in terms of view, but not so much ride. The little boys that were guiding the donkey kept on hitting the donkey with a stick to make them go faster, but seemed to keep on missing and hitting Rachel instead.
The landscape was really nice as it overlooked ripe farmland and a colorful hillside. We finally made it to the small village and had a chance to see a traditional house that held residence to multiple generations of the same family. They shared tea with us in their living room, showed us the bedrooms lined with geckos on the wall, and the kitchen where they told us that the modern appliances that the women use these days really make them spoiled. They had an 80-yr old oven that probably barely worked and was the size of a boat and about as efficient as one. They no longer used the fire oven other than for special occasions.
We were also able to visit the Valley of the Kings where Kings Tut, Ramses, and all of the most prolific pharaohs were buried. One of the tombs was setup like an Indiana Jones sequence with booby traps like stairs that turn into slides, complete dropoffs where you had to swing from one end to the other, and spiked compartments where if you turned the wrong way, you would be done.
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