Published: December 29th 2006December 23rd 2006
Cruising down the Nile is a magical experience, we moored at Edfu, received a wake up call at 7ish and ducked down for a buffet breakfast. After breakfast we headed ashore to visit the well preserved Temple of Horus, considered one of the finest examples of temple construction!
Later on that night we enjoyed a fancy-dress party with of course a Egyptian theme. By the end of the night we arrived at the city of Luxor, truly a beautiful city.
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Australian born - never travelled outside of australia before. First stop UK then europe and possibly Egypt then over to Japan and working myway down through south east asia. Eventually back to work :-)... full info
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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser...more info
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Temple of Horus at Edfu
This is one of the best if not the best temple structure in all of Egypt. it's amazing... and huge
Temple of Horus at Edfu
An example of the other religions damage... this is more than usual but in general they systematically pick away at the faces - arms and legs.
Temple of Horus at Edfu
close up of an intact face, they are quite detailed
Temple of Horus at Edfu
looking up to the upper areas, unfortunetly I couldn't get up there
Temple of Horus at Edfu
One of the locals just hanging out
Temple of Horus at Edfu
The main alter which only a hand full of people would have been allowed to see in the temples day.
Fancy dress up party
Fancy dress party with the Egyptian theme
Fancy dress up party
Looking ashore the night of the fancy dress party
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