The River Nile.The morning view where we docked the first night.Absolutely relaxing, silence and stillness. The only words I can think of sailing on the Nile, just what I needed. The felucca trip was a major relaxing time. The first day we had great wind to the point that we just coasted at a nice Read more
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I toured the Temple of Hathor which is located in Qena, only 60KM from Luxor. This temple was dedicated to Hathor which is the same goddess as Ishtar and Aphrodite the goddess of love. The temple is virtually intact and a site to behold. Dark chambers, twisting stairways, underground crypts; this temple goes back to Read more
The Valley of the Kings is certainly a wonder in itself. Being the big tourist site in Luxor there was bus loads of tourists. They did allow any pictures to be taken inside and I did not want to break the rules. They seemed very strict about everything.I did tour every tomb that was open Read more
Noticing and observing the effect of tourism here in Luxor has been an eye opener to the motivations of the human heart, not that this is anything new in this world. The inner motivations of mankind are bad from the youth up. Moses wrote this 3500 years ago, this is still true today. The person Read more
Today I went to see the Temple of Hatsheput. A grand site; a completely different style of design comparded to many of the temples I have viewed. Three shines, two on each side with the main shrine in the middle. Of course the main shine was for Amun. On the sides, one shrine to Hathor Read more
Great news! Last night we all watched the football game of the finals of the African cup. Egypt won 1-0, they are #1 in Africa for football. I could just see everyone up in Cairo. Cairo is most likely going nuts.The family and I are getting more relaxed toward each other. The ladies are very Read more
Today, I visted the Temple of Seti I and the Ramesseum which is the Temple of Ramses II and the Temple of Merneptah, which was one of the son’s of Ramses II. Yesterday I visted the Temple of Medinat Habu, another temple for Amun. Hatshepsut, Thuthmosis III and Ramses III constructed buildings here at Habu Read more
The beautiful River Nile at Karnak. With my mind’s eye I could just see Moses turning the Nile into blood.The west bank of Luxor has completly different energy compared to the East Bank, easy going for the most part, kind of the same as Al Qasr. The family I am staying with seems very nice Read more
I just added over 100 pictures to Shutterfly. They are mostly from Bawiti, The Black Desert, The White Desert and the old town of Mut. More is on the way. I am on the west bank today, it has been very difficult to relax staying on the East Bank, I am happy I moved.Yesterday I Read more