Land of the GREAT Pyramids

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Well, what can you say about the pyramids other then they are amazing but why stop there?? Egypt is full of sights, sounds, food and HEAT that will blow your mind. I began in Cairo and as anyone would do I headed straight to the Pyramids which were HUGE as you would expect. I spent all day there then stayed for the Sound and Light show which was a bit cheesy but amazing all the same. One of the things that surprised me was how close the Pyramids are to Cairo. In all the photos you see the desert behind them but if you look to the other side you see the city comes almost to the base of the Sphinx. After a few more days roaming around Cairo I hopped on a train to the far south of Egypt to Aswan.

Aswan is the southern most City in Egypt located like most cities on the Nile. In Aswan I took a small tour to Abu Simbel (twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh). The temples were insane and at 6am all you could do was stare at them with you Jaw dropped. The next day I took a couple hour Felucca trip on the Nile (a traditional Nile boat) tried to escape the 105 degree weather I think that's impossible. From Aswan I grabbed a Train to Luxor to see the Valley of the Kings and Queens. Other then the heat Luxor was everything I imagined it to be and more. At times I was waiting for Indiana Jones to come running out of one of the Tombs but alas he never showed.

After another long train I was back in Cairo to stop to breath a bit before shooting up to Alexandria then back to catch my flight to Jordan.
Well there you have it Egypt in a week.

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Photos

Movie Set
I tried to find out what the movie was but I wasn't about to scale down a cliff to ask the crew.. Sorry.

Really sets the scene
Now I know you are not allowed to take photos of people Praying but I couldent help it this time..

Sound and Light
A friend took this one with her fancy camera..

Abu Simbel
It's 6:30 in the morning and you hike up a small hill turn the corner and this is the view it was amazing.

Nubian Temple
The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh

My Felucca Captian
He was an Egyptian version of Jack Sparrow.

Comments

[derek]

Sweet!
Great pictures - I did that route a few years back too. Let me know when you're in Taiwan! (Or asia... I can come meet)