Edfu temple

We stopped in Edfu to visit this wonderfully preserved temple. This
Shows the goddess Isis and her son Horus. These are 3000 years old and are amazing to see so well preserved.

Some young fishermen

More scenes

Of family life on the Nile

Along the Nile

We spent 3 days cruising along the Nile--here is a typical scene of a house on the shores-- notice the mud bricks

Luxor temple

We also visited the beautiful Luxor temple at night when it is beautifully lit. Yesterday we boarded our Nile cruiser--just sitting on deck and drifting along--watching fishermen, papyrus along the banks--it is very peaceful. Tonight we reach Aswan.

More later

Temples and Tombs

We are still having trouble finding Internet access. The past few days we were in Luxor and now are sailing down the Nile. One of the temples we visited was the large complex of Karnak.
This is the obelisk of Hatshepsut (my favorite pharaoh). Karnak contains 10 temples and was built over 1500 years ago.

Valley of the Kings

View as we descended into the valley. We visited 4 tombs.

Hiking to valley of the kings

Looks like I can post pictures by email. The sun was coming up over the nile as we caught a boat for the west side to begin our hike into then valley of the kings. We climbed up to this ridge between the valley of the queens and of the kings. It was a great hike and we would have liked to stay on the ridge longer but came down to visit 3 tombs. Will send more pictures. Tomorrow we are boarding a boat to sail to Aswan.

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Luxor

We left Cairo after spending a few days at the the pyramids of Giza (also the sphinx) and the necropolis of Saqqara and Memphis. We also saw old Cairo including a Christian church and a synagogue.
We flew to Luxor and spent most of the day at Karnac--an amazing temple site.

Tomorrow we are hiking into the valley of the kings to see several royal tombs.

Still having trouble with posting pictures.

Having too much fun to fix.

Pyramids and camels

I have had trouble getting a good connection. And cannot upload any pictures. Will work on that. We are in a hotel in Cairo at the base of the Pyramids of Giza. Yesterday we visited another group of Pyramids that are ignored by most tourists. We were allowed to go inside--not an easy feat but worth today's sore muscles. Cairo is a huge city of 20 million and appears to work in a rather chaotic fashion. Yesterday on our way to the pyramids we passed many farmers with their various crops on the side of the road. Would loved to have been able to pull over to take pictures of the large cauliflower and bunches of carrots and beets. Also the large numbers of donkey pulled carts laden with alfalfa that probably have been used for hundreds of years. I wish I could show pictures of Sandy on a camel--tomorrow more pyramids.

The long day ahead

We are at the Airport waiting for our flight--first to Frankfurt then Cairo. Has anyone flown Lufthansa before? We're sure the wonders of Egypt will make this worthwhile. Our next post tomorrow will be from the base of the Pyramids.