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Installing the kitchen
Went back on Saturday with my contractor and the kitchen installer to Muar. It was a day trip but I did not have to drive . Yay! The kitchen installer who was a young man drove my contractor’s car . The kitchen is stainless steel and is open shelving . My contractor told me nobody…
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Muar trip with Ana & Sarah yesterday
I began my trip to Muar with Ana ( my lil sister & her daughter, Sarah ) from Ana’s house in Kota Damansara on Saturday . We had planned to spend a night in Melaka before driving from Melaka to Muar. We stayed a night at Liu Men Hotel , Jalan Tokong which is in…
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Kitchen coming up
The kitchen of the house is taking shape . The kitchen has open shelving and stainless steel. You would think that this would be cheap but this is not ! But It is probably cheaper than having Nytoh wood shelving for the kitchen though . I hope that the kitchen will be ok . The…
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Grills , finally
Contractor got the grills to the house today . I will go back to Muar with Ana on 21st of this month and have a look. I also, need to sort out the documents with the Muar Town Council . Been lazing about instead of working on my emails as I am now afraid to…
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Hatshepsut Temple ( pronounced as Hat -Ship-Suit )
We visited this temple after the Valley of the Kings . This temple is nearby but we missed the Valley of the Queens . Hatshepsut Temple is at the side of a cliff and looks spectacular .She was the Pharoah at that time eventhough she was female. Hatshepsut was a woman and she was well-known…
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Nubian Village at Aswan
We stayed a night at Ana kato Nubian Houses, before flying from Aswan to Cairo . This is like a boutique hotel comprising of 5 bedrooms . There is another premise which had 7 bedrooms under the same hotel. The road into the Nubian village before the old dam of Aswan, was not a tarred…
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The Great Temple of Abu Simbel ( Part 2 )
The second part of the temple consist of a separate temple for Rameses 11 favourite wife Nefartari. This temple which is much smaller lies around 500 metres from the bigger temple . This is a smaller temple compared to the other one .Nefartari died and Rameses 11 married 2 of his daughters . All these…
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The Great Temple of Abu Simbel ( Part 1 )
We started our walk from the entrance to the temple . The temple was carved from the cliff . Due to relocation of the temple as a result of the creation of Lake Nasser , they moved the temple in the same site but on higher ground. This had great challenges as one can imagine…
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Faluca Ride back to the boat
We got a faluca ride back to the boat . Faluca is a sail boat on the Nile . Just for information , 80 % of the Nile that flows into Egypt comes from the Blue Nile whose origins are from Ethiopia . Only 20 % of the Nile that flows into Egypt comes from…
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Philea Temple at the Island of Philea , a homage to the God Isis
After the Aswan Dam , we took a short , pleasant boat ride to visit the Philea Temple situated at the Island of Philea . This temple’s original site has been submerged under water . Therefore , this temple has been relocated to Philea Island not far from the original site but on higher ground…