Karnak Temple

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Mummy Tummy hit me this morning, it was not good, cramps and then the runs. Took some Immodium and went back to bed. I had to miss out on the walking tour of Luxor. When I did get up I sat on the sun deck, read magazines and went a bit pink. After a lunch of hot, cooked food, a few of us went to a cafe for a drink- they made a pretty good iced coffee. In the afternoon we travelled to Karnak temple by horse and carriage- it was really fun, especially when we overtook people from our group. This city has traffic lights and the horses obeyed them. Karnak temple was pretty huge, in one part there are 134 columns. It was built by Ramses II who loved himself and didn't complete it.
After dinner in the bar, there was a belly dancer. She was very good to look at- too much make-up. She enjoyed putting men's faces into her cleavage. After her there was a Sufi dancer. It was a man who wore a huge skirt and spun around for a long time and didn't loose his balance, even when he stopped. He was amazing to watch.

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Photos

01 Feluccas
View from the deck

02 The Nile
View of the Nile from the deck

03 Temple
To the left of the photo is the entrance to the temple

04 Headless
Headless statues

05 Obelisks
Two obelisks that are in the temple

06 Me
This is me and the many goat-headed statues

07 Big statue
I think this is a big statue of Ramses

08 Back
Back view of the temple

09 Among the dust
Among all the dust, it was nice to see some green

10 Paint
Looking up you can see lots of paint that still has strong colour after thousands of years

11 Huge
Some of the 134 large columns

12 Scratched
Parts of the temple have been scratched- people are faceless

13 Ankh
Surrounding the figure in the middle is the Ankh, which is the symbol of life

14 In the carriage
Shastra and I in the carriage