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Israel, Palestine and Egypt...a journey for the truth beyond CNN.

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After Edfu, we continued on to Luxor. Our hotel (The New Windsor) was pretty central and just a short walk to everything. I really enjoyed this city very much. It was much more developed and modern than Aswan and everything was on a much larger scale. The Luxor temple is situated right in the middle of the city! Imagine, rather than like a European city with a statue of some famous general or such, there is an entire ancient temple in the city square. To see this lit up at night against the background of the Nile was just beautiful. In any case, I'll admit we spend lots of time in Luxor shopping and haggling in the bazaar--a skill I am much too good at! I had shop owners give me looks of disgust because I got them to give me a really low price that they didn't want to give--even my tour leader said he was amazed at the prices I was getting.

So that was loads of fun. And call me crazy but I have this rule where I insist on trying the McDonalds whenever one presents itself in a foreign country. I was always very against this, but I was in London once and with a girl from Canada and she thought it'd be fun to go to McDonalds. I was horrified, but agreed. Since then, I go check it out in each country that I am in, just to see if it's different. So Luxor had a McDonalds which actually boasted a great view overlooking the temple!

On Saturday we visited Karnak temple and went by a lovely horse-drawn carriage as it's only about 1 mile from the city square and our hotel. Karnak is renowned because it was one of the largest temple complexes to exist. This is the famous temple where many of you have probably seen the pictures of an avenue lined with statues of a rams head. The temple was nice, but not spectacular. Plus, the throngs of Japanese tourists really

spoiled it for me--especially when I got caught in one of their massive huddles and someone fire bombed me with a really stinky fart. I was not too happy about that. But it was nice because we had a proper Egyptologist as our guide and he was really funny. Of significance at the temple was the largest still standing obelisk in all of Egypt. It's around 90+ feet high and is carved from a single piece of granite. There is also a large statue of a scarab. I was confused at first because if you ever saw the movies "The Mummy", the guy was put into his sarcophagus alive and covered in scarabs (a type of beetle). But in fact, these symbolize good luck!! So you can walk around the scarab statue for good luck...yeah.

So that's about all there is to tell of Luxor. I wanted to give more amazing details about the temples, but I am really tired as I've been on the road for quite some time to get to where I am now. You all can search the internet for more information if you so desire.

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Jul 23, 2005 09:04 EST by radsolv

Most interesting. Perhaps you were all 'templed out' when you visited Karnak. 'The temple was nice, but not spectacular.'

Tastes differ but you did appreciate the incredible Abu Simbel and Edfu, etc.

To me Karnak is the most spectacular complex I've seen and I've seen a few. The Taj, Borobodur, Coliseum, Petra, etc. So go figure!

radsolv


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1.Disclaimer - Hoboken, United States Dec 15, 2004
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3.Sensory Overload - Jerusalem, Israel Dec 18, 2004 ( This entry has 2 photos 2 )
4.Jerusalem to Jericho - Jericho, Palestinian Territory Dec 19, 2004 ( This entry has 9 photos 9 )
5.Full days at home in Jericho - Jericho, Palestinian Territory Dec 21, 2004 ( This entry has 10 photos 10 )
6.Being Schooled - Jericho, Palestinian Territory Dec 23, 2004 ( This entry has 9 photos 9 )
7.Return to Jerusalem - Jerusalem, Israel Dec 24, 2004 ( This entry has 6 photos 6 )
8.O Holy Nights? - Bethlehem and Ramallah, Palestinian Territory Dec 25, 2004 ( This entry has 12 photos 12 )
9.Freedom Fighters - Jericho, Palestinian Territory Dec 26, 2004
10.Slower Times - Jericho, Palestinian Territory Dec 29, 2004 ( This entry has 4 photos 4 )
11.Moving On - Jerusalem, Palestinian Territory Dec 30, 2004 ( This entry has 3 photos 3 )
12.Let the Haggling Begin! - Cairo, Egypt Jan 01, 2005 ( This entry has 5 photos 5 ) ( Comments 1 )
13.Cairo and Giza - Cairo, Egypt Jan 02, 2005 ( This entry has 5 photos 5 )
14.Aswan - Aswan, Egypt Jan 04, 2005 ( This entry has 7 photos 7 )
15.Temples and more temples!! - Edfu, Egypt Jan 07, 2005 ( This entry has 11 photos 11 )
16.Luxor - Luxor, Egypt Jan 08, 2005 ( This entry has 8 photos 8 ) ( Comments 1 )
17.Valley of the Kings - Luxor, Egypt Jan 09, 2005 ( This entry has 3 photos 3 )
18.Paradise found! - Dahab, Egypt Jan 10, 2005 ( This entry has 1 photos 1 )
19.Just chillin in Dahab - Dahab, Egypt Jan 12, 2005 ( This entry has 6 photos 6 )
20.Trekking Mt. Sinai - St. Catherine, Egypt Jan 14, 2005 ( This entry has 1 photos 1 )

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