Egypt Part 2

Once we got back to the cruise boat we set sail up the Nile towards Luxor, we travel overnight until we arrive in Edfu. Early the next morning we had horse and carriage ride (with a very excitable driver) to the temple of Horis which is one of the most preserved temples in Egypt.






Once we had finished exploring the temple, we found our horse and carriage and made our way back to the cruise boat. We spent the afternoon relaxing in the sun with a few beers watching the magnificent views of the Nile go by.


We arrived in Luxor that afternoon, where we had dinner and had a good night sleep in preparation for our site seeing the next day.

Luxor was amazing! Our first stop of the day was the valley of the Kings, we had a look in 3 tombs and learnt about the Kings and how the tombs where found. The scenery was amazing unfortunately we couldn't take any photos whilst inside.

After the valley of the kings we ventured to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, by this time it was the middle of the day and bloody hot! Mind you we were in the desert :-).


After all the big tourist sites there is always markets on the way out where you need to just put your head down and power through other wise you will get chased and hassled to buy something.


The next temple of the list was Karnuk, this temple spanned over 20arces and was amazing! A lot of this temple was unfortunately ruined due to a big mistake which caused the temple to be flooded by the Nile. It is also unexplained how they where able to stand the giant pillars up, Aliens????


After the temples and lunch we packed up and said good bye to half of our group who where headed back to Cairo and the cruise boat. The staff on the cruise boat made little towel animals for us every night which was really cool!








We stayed in Luxor for the night before getting on the bus in the morning for our 4 hour bus ride to Hurgada a town right on the Red Sea.

After we checked into our hotel we got prepared for our quad bike safari in the desert. Once we all learnt the in's and out's of a quad bike and were properly attired we all jumped on and cruised single file across the desert.





After a few incidents along the way, we had a half time break where we could rest, have some water and take in the scenery.


On the way back to base the sunset behind the desert the view was stunning the photos don't do it justice.



It wasn't long before we made it back very dirty and exhausted. It was time for a beer, dinner and a good nights sleep.



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