egypt

Many things have been said about Egypt and a lot of people wrote history books.
The history is enormous, too much to write down on a small travel page.
So go check out the link below.

The official name of Egypt is Arab Republic of Egypt or Jumhuriyat Misr Al-Arabia. Currency is the Egyptian pound divided into 100 Piastres.
Consult your doctor before you take this trip and check if you have the necessary injections. You will need: Yellow Fever, Hepatitis A., Polio, Tetanus, Typhoid and Malaria pills. There is also rabies in Egypt.
Be careful with what you eat. Avoid ice cubes and ice cream use bottled water.

There are a lot of hotels and resorts in Egypt. Check out the link below.
They have also a list of restaurants.

There are many ways to explore Egypt. You can rent a car or take a tour provided
by a local tour operator or take an organized holiday booked in your own country.
We took the organized trip. We didn't have to worry where to sleep or what to eat, everything was taken care off. A relaxed way of spending your vacation.

Cairo.
When we arrived in Cairo our hostess was waiting for us to take us to our hotel
where we had diner.

Hotel Scheherazade view from hotel

Cairo.
After breakfast we had an information meeting with our hostess. She told us what to expect from this trip. She also had some useful tips. We had the afternoon off.

The sound and light spectacle

In the evening we visited the sound and light spectacle at the pyramids of Gizeh.
It really was a spectacle. We enjoyed it very much.

Cairo -->> Memphis -->> Sakkara -->> Gizeh -->> Cairo.
Our first trip this morning was to Memphis, the capitol of Egypt during the Old Kingdom.

Alabaster Sphinx Colossus of Ramesses

Near the remains of Memphis stands the Alabaster Sphinx. The Alabaster Sphinx was carved in honor of an unknown Pharaoh. The Colossus of Ramesses is an enormous statue carved in limestone. It is about 10m (33.8 ft) long, even though it has no feet.
The fallen colossus was found near the south gate of the temple of Ptah.

The Step Pyramid of Djoser

Next stop was Sakkara where we visited the Step Pyramid of Djoser.

Grave of Ti Wall painting

Next visit were the graves of Ti and Ptah-Hotep with there beautiful wall paintings.

Pyramids of Gizeh At Pyramids of Gizeh

After we had lunch in a local restaurant we went on to the Pyramids of Gizeh where
we spent the entire afternoon.

Cairo.

Mohammad Ali Mosque View from mosque

We started the day by visiting the Mohammad Ali (Alabaster) Mosque in the Citadel
and the Sultan Hassan Mosque. From the Mohammad Ali mosque we had a beautiful view on Cairo. Before we visited the Coptic museum we had some thee at a restaurant by the Nile River. It would have been better if we didn't because everybody became very sick that afternoon. Most people went to bed without having dinner.

Cairo -->> Luxor.
After a real bad night we left the hotel and went to the Egyptian museum to
spent the day there until our train would leave for Luxor.

Egyptian Museum Tutankhamon

It was a great day the most impressive part of the museum were Tutankhamon’s treasures.
In the evening we went to the train station and took the night train to Luxor.
It was a very comfortable train with sleeping compartments.

Luxor.
We arrived at Luxor at 6 the next morning. The bus took us to the Winter Palace Hotel.

Temple of Karnak Sacred Lake

At 9 we left in carriages to the temple of Karnak with his obelisks of Tuthmosis and Hatshepsut and the sacred lake. After having a drink in a small bar we left and went
to the temple of Luxor.

Pylon of Ramesses Temple of Luxor Head of Ramesess

At the entrance is the great pylon of Ramesses and the obelisk which is one of a red
granite pair which Ramesses erected in front of the pylon. The obelisk twin is now at the Place de la Concorde, in Paris.

View on the Nile Hotel Winter Palace

The rest of the afternoon we spent near the hotel. We took a walk along the river and
lay at the pool of the hotel.

Luxor.
Today we are going to visit the west bank at Luxor.

Colossi of Memnon Temple of Hatshepsut

First we went to see the Colossi of Memnon and the temple of Medinet Habu and Hatshepsut one of the few female faros.

Grave of Tutankhamun Wall painting

Then we entered the Valley of the Kings. Here are many old graves like the grave of
Ramesses VI and the world famous grave of Tutankhamun. In the evening we went
to the Karnak temples and watch the sound and light show.

Luxor.
This was our day off.

Temple of Hathor Statue of Hathor

We decided to take a tour to Dendera and visit the temple of Hathor.

Luxor -->> Aswan.
We left Luxor by bus to go to Aswan this was 208 km south of Luxor.

During the trip we visit the temple of Horus at Edfu.

Temple of Kom Ombo

We also visited the temple of Kom Ombo.
We checked in at the New Cataract hotel in Aswan.

Aswan,
After breakfast we made a felouka sailing trip.

Kitchner's Island View from the Island

We visited Elephantine Island, the Mausoleum of the Aga Khan and kitchner's Island's botanical garden.

Lake Nasser Temples of Philea

In the afternoon we went to Lake Nasser and the temples of Philea.

Aswan.
This morning we got on a plane and went to Abu Simbel.

Temple of Abu Simbel

The salvage operation of this temple began in 1964 and continued until 1968, the two temples were dismantled and rebuild again.

Aswan -->> Cairo.
Our last day in Aswan we spent on taken a boat trip.

Nubian Village Thee party View on the Nile

We visit a Nubian village and drank some thee with a family that lived there.
It was a nice experience. In the evening we left Aswan and got on the train
again to go back to Cairo.

Cairo.
In the morning we arrived back in Cairo. This was our last day in Egypt tomorrow we are going home.

Pyramids of Gizeh Camel trip

This last day we spent at the pyramids, we took a trip on a camel for the first time in
our life.

Cairo -->> Amsterdam.
This was it our vacation was over we had a great time and we met some very nice people on this trip.

Night view on the River Nile

World's Travelers And Photographers	by mybeau
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