Last night was our last night on the boat ... There was a belly dancer ... So, we went -- but no one was too impressed ... we only stayed about 10 minutes, enough to make Mostafa happy ...
We had breakfast in the morning, and then had to have our bags out of the room by 9am. We had the morning to do as we liked. The Shirley's chose to go to the Luxor museum- a short walk from the boat. It was really impressive. It was MUCH smaller than the museum in Cairo, but much better laid out with nice descriptions. Shelby was followed by a group of school boys trying to get a picture of her hair...
Then, about 2, Mostafa picked us up for a quick lunch at Pizza Hut - then on to the Karnak and Luxor Temples. These temples were really neat. Incredible to believe that they were covered in sand! One temple (Karnak, I think), even had a Mosque that had been built on top of it, not knowing the huge expanse of a temple that lay underneath in the sand!
This is a group of school girls that wanted a picture of the American group - so, Darren and the rest of the men posed for them, and then they got a picture of the girls ... The Egyptian children were always so friendly and cute! All wanting to say Hello ... The group below was a group of children leaving a temple as we were arriving. They were very excited to shout hello - what you can't see in the picture is their teacher telling them to stop ...
Arabic pepsi bottle from our lunch at Pizzza Hut ... complete with Beef pepperoni, since they don't eat pork in this country ... I miss bacon ....
One of the Rams at the Karnak temple ... is this where the name Ramses came from?
This is the layout of the Karnak temple. It is a huge complex (I think he said 2 square miles?). It was part of Queen Hatchepsut stuff. Her step-son tried to scratch her name off the obelisk, but was not successful...
This (below) is the entrance to the temple of Luxor. You may notice that there is only one Obelisk, and the Egyptian temples all had two, for symmetry... The second is in a museum in New York. A gift from Eypt for help excavating the site.
Sitting outside the Luxor temple ...
A king in the making ... notice the left foot forward as a sign of power ...
This is the Obelisk that the step son tried to destroy... You can see that it was just too tall! In fact, the top of the obelisk is a different color because it was sticking out of the sand for years. I think that may be how they found the temple ...
Happy family by one of the Sphinx in a row that leads up to the entrance of the Luxor temple.
This is a group of school girls that wanted a picture of the American group - so, Darren and the rest of the men posed for them, and then they got a picture of the girls ... The Egyptian children were always so friendly and cute! All wanting to say Hello ... The group below was a group of children leaving a temple as we were arriving. They were very excited to shout hello - what you can't see in the picture is their teacher telling them to stop ...
Arabic pepsi bottle from our lunch at Pizzza Hut ... complete with Beef pepperoni, since they don't eat pork in this country ... I miss bacon ....
One of the Rams at the Karnak temple ... is this where the name Ramses came from?
This is the layout of the Karnak temple. It is a huge complex (I think he said 2 square miles?). It was part of Queen Hatchepsut stuff. Her step-son tried to scratch her name off the obelisk, but was not successful...
This (below) is the entrance to the temple of Luxor. You may notice that there is only one Obelisk, and the Egyptian temples all had two, for symmetry... The second is in a museum in New York. A gift from Eypt for help excavating the site.
Sitting outside the Luxor temple ...
A king in the making ... notice the left foot forward as a sign of power ...
This is the Obelisk that the step son tried to destroy... You can see that it was just too tall! In fact, the top of the obelisk is a different color because it was sticking out of the sand for years. I think that may be how they found the temple ...
Happy family by one of the Sphinx in a row that leads up to the entrance of the Luxor temple.
