We started this day off VERY early, got on these little boats at about 4:30am, supposed to go accross the Nile to go on a hot air balloon ride, but unfortunately it was cancelled dude to 'wind'.
We then had a few hours of waiting to find out if our trip to the valley of the kings was cancelled due to the 'troubles' going on in Egypt (we were there during the first week of protests). Finally we got the go ahead that it was safe to go and headed back out to the motor boats!
We then had a few hours of waiting to find out if our trip to the valley of the kings was cancelled due to the 'troubles' going on in Egypt (we were there during the first week of protests). Finally we got the go ahead that it was safe to go and headed back out to the motor boats!
The colors and carvings in the tombs are amazingly well preserved.(These photos are off the internet because we are not allowed to take any pictures)
Next stop: Queen Hatshepsut's temple
It's hard to see, but if you look close, Queen Hatshepsut is suckling from Hathor's teat
Memnon Colossi
Our last (but not least) stop in Egypt, Luxor Temple
Our awesome guide, Sameh, giving us his tour.
Christian grafitti
Tutankhamun and his wife.
The two pics below depict some pretty cool carvings. These walls were across from each other in a corridor. They are both of slaves and you can see the binding around their necks. When you look at the hair and facial features you can see the first one is of slaves of African origin and the second one is of slaves of Asian origin. Nobody was safe from slavery when the Pharaohs came to town.
A mosque on top of part of the temple
Little bit of Roman influence creeping in.
The avenue of Sphinx
Looks like you sphinx need some kung-fu culture
Last night...
(shortly after this I spent 8 hours in the bathroom with raging gastroenteritis)
AHH, there's a monkey in the room!
Bye bye Egypt.
The little sailor man putting our bags on the bus, heading to the airport.
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