Today, we woke up and the boat has docked at Aswan . Aswan is a town of 1 million population . We went to visit Aswan Dam today ; to see the old Dam made by the British and the newer dam that provides hydro-electric to the whole of Egypt . There are challenges when…

We visited another temple today besides Edfu Temple today . This temple is Kom Ombo Temple sits upstream at the banks of the Nile . This temple is very near to the banks of the river, as we could walk from the boat moorings for about 500 m to the Temple. This temple is also…

We had spend another night in the boat and reached the town of Edfu . There was a magnificant temple of Edfu which is about 2000 years old . I am finding it difficult to get my head around these 2000 years old thingy . This means like 200x of 100 centuries , the mind…

Visited Karnak Temple at 3 pm so not too hot. The temple complex is 60 acres which is enormous . Please do not ask me which god & what does it signify as there are 700 gods to choose from. OK OK , I found out by reading the book that these are ram-headed sphinxes…

Boat is moving at last . The Nile is really the life blood of Egypt . There are green fields along side the banks . The desert beyond . I can now understand how Agatha Christie can write her murder story ” Death on the Nile “. One could sit on the deck and read…

After visiting Karnak Temple , we went to have a look at Luxor Temple which was nearby . The Luxor Temple was open till 8 pm and magrib is around 5.30 pm. I really liked this temple too . The ancient egyptians had 700 god and goddnesses !! That required me to reflect that even…

Love, love this shop . Bought 2 bottles of 50ml perfume from Group 1 and 2 bottles of 50 ml perfume from Group 3 , bergamot oil for my joint & muscle aches , haha . There was special offer of 6 bottles of 50ml , get 2 bottles free ! Perfumes not 100% pure…

This is the third tomb we visited . The burial chamber had a huge granite sacophagus that contained this King’s mummy . It was so hot in the tombs.

I am not finished yet on these tombs haha .. They are fascinating . I bought a book on the Valley of the Kings at the Luxor Museum on the tombs . We only managed to visit 4 tombs but there were other tombs open to the public but for extra fees. We visited this…

We paid extra to visit Tutankhamen, the Boy King who died at 19 years old of malaria . He was crowned when he was 9 years old. His mummy is the only mummy left at the Valley of the Kings . Poor him… he is not left in peace since he was found by Howard…