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…

Yesterday , we went to visit the Valley of the Kings after breakfast from Luxor . The Valley of the Kings is so named because of 62 tombs ( according to the guidebook 63 tombs ) of Kings being buried there . We managed to see 4 tombs . 3 tombs were included in the…

I went to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to have a look at the artifacts and mummies . There are only 2 mummies left in the museum because 22 mummies have been transferred to the National Museum at Giza ,if I am not mistaken . This museum was buildt in 1924 so has a art…

On the second day , we went for a longish drive to Alexandria , a seaport facing the Mediterrean Sea . This took 3 hours of driving as Alexandria is about 300 km away from Cairo . We visited the Catacombs of Kom el Shaqafa first. These were part of the Catacombs but were on…