Yes Barb I know i'm slack ;-)
I won't bore you with a step by step recount of my time away, i'll just say it was absolutely fantastic.... climbing inside three different pyramids, standing between the feet of the Sphinx and a private visit to the Cairo Museum where I stood mesmerised by Tutankhamun's gold funeral mask for 20 mins all by myself!.... and at times hard to take.... Especially when it came to seeing kids living in poverty and the grimy rubbish strewn streets and canals.... so different from what we have in New Zealand.
I definitely preferred Aswan and Luxor to Cairo, the difference between the North and South was vast and being used to greener scenes (well not NZ at the moment but normally greener) rather than the dry, dirty, sandy outlook of a very crowded Cairo.
Did you know that over 20 million people reside in this city?...... We were reminded every time we headed out on the roads!
All of the huge hotels we stayed at were fabulous, here are the links if you want to see.
Le Meridien Pyramids , Mena House , Sonesta St George But my favourite was our Nile Cruiser , the friendly, helpful staff made our cruise on this stunning ship very memorable.
Ready for a couple of photo's? (I just had 775 printed and that was after culling 300!)
The first is me outside the Cairo Museum, i asked the security gaurds if i could take a quick photo before leaving (cameras are forbidden and you go through three security points)
This is Dr Zahi Hawass, minister of antiquities, nothing moves in Egypt without his approval.
He is signing a copy of his newly published book for me and gave a presentation on antiquities.
He is signing a copy of his newly published book for me and gave a presentation on antiquities.
One of the seven wonders of the world, the Great Pyramid and Sphinx.
The Temple of Rameses at Abu Simbel, the colossal staues were breathtaking!
Temple of Rameses
Edfu Temple by private visit at night
The statue of Horus at the temple entrance.
Karnak Temple set over 80 acres with colonades of ram sphinxes.
The temple of Queen Hatsheput in the background.
Statue of King Tutankhamun and his wife at Karnak.
Besides the Sphinx at Giza.
The Step Pyramid at Sakkara, the oldest Pyramid in Egypt.
Dawn at the Temple of Isis at Philae Island, Aswan.... It was very cold!!!!
The balcony of my room at Mena House...Less than 200 mtrs away!
Sunset at Karnak.....Beautiful!
The huge statue of Rameses at Karnak.
The second and third Pyramids at Giza, I went inside the larger one.....very exciting!
Okay, i'm sure that's enough for today.... see you again soon :-)
2 comments:
Did the word "slack" ever come from my mouth??? I don't think so!
(MInd you, I might have thought it! LOL)
Lovely to see you blogging again, and also sharing these amazing photos! Lucky, lucky you ... certainly a trip of a life time. Can't wait to see the scrapped pages ... should be by next week I am asuming????????
Geez.....No Pressure!!!????
:-0
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