http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Egypt , Upper Egypt , Kom Ombo en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:47:16 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:47:16 +0000 This morning we awoke docked in Edfu. After breakfast on board the boat we took horses and buggies from the dock to the Temple of Horus which is dedicated to the Falcon God. Some of the horses are terribly skinny which is very distressing because they don39t look strong enough to be pulling tourists around. There doesn39t seem to be any alternative though to being taken to the temple in a ho http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-767880.html Wednesday Afternoon Cruising On the Nile Kom Ombo After Edfu we are back on board and we then set sail further up the Nile for a late afternoon tour at Kom Ombo to visit the Temple of Sobek dedicated to Sobek the Crocodile God and Horus the FalconHeaded God. We got several more wonderful hours of sailing the Nile watching the riverbank go by and getting more pictures. As we approached Kom Om http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-754010.html Following a heated argument and a hasty departure where I end up losing my laptop in the process me dad and Ivan make our way back to Aswan to try and find a way up to Luxor or Marsa Alam which is also along the way and great for diving apparently. If we are to make our way to Luxor we are hoping to see the Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples along the way. Exclusive of any felucca travel. Once back http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-703726.html As soon as I woke up I made my way to the Sudanese Consulate to try once again to get my visa. After about an hour or so of beign pretty much ignored by everyone the guy in control of Passport Administration dressed in a suit and flip flops called me into his office and had me fill in the form grilled me on it sent me into the Top Dog in there who also grilled me on my application sent me http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-689061.html Okay Ill admit it. I found one downside to the cruise. So the first day I had lunch on the boat and the manager of the restaurant asked if I minded if someone else sat at my table. I told him that was fine assuming solo travelers would have to share tables. I thought they might be encouraging friendmaking because that seems a very cruiseship thing to do. Perhaps they would sit other solo tr http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-672920.html Egypt is one of the most populous countries in Africa and the Middle East with an area of about 1010000 square km. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north the Gaza Strip and the Israel to the northeast the Red Sea to the east Sudan to the south and Libya to the west. The land is well known for its rich ancient historical monuments and is a significant focus of the archaeological http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-654935.html April 28thThis morning we were up at 6am and off the boat by 7 to go to the Edfu Temple. This is one of the best preserved temples from antiquity and was one of the last temples built in the Ptolemey period. We needed to get back to the boat as we were sailing to the next town where we would dock for the night. On the way cruising down the Nile watching the Nile go by people doing laundry cows http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-549293.html From Aswan to Luxor we sailed down the Nile on 'Melodie' our baby cruise ship. We were fortunate enough to be the only group on board which was total luxury. Melodie was a very small boat in comparison to some of the other monsters cruising around. We spent 2 days cruising on Melodie and made 2 stops to visit the temple of Kom Ombo and Edfu. Both temples have a fascinating history. The Edfu t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-497039.html April 27 2010Today is the first actual vacation day as today is a day of leisure for some of us. Of our family of 22 nine went to Abu Simbel on an optional excursion 269. They flew out this morning at 7 AM and are planning to return by 2 PM where we will sail to Kom Ombo. So since Rick was a little under the weather last night we both slept in and missed breakfast I was up at 9 AM and spent http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-493775.html For 37 USD we arranged a 3 day 2 night float on the Nile. Just us and Andrew Levier and Brett with a personal cook and driver This is great as we saw Gap Tours with like 20 people on the boat. Anyways we grabbed a couple bottles of Obelisk wine and a few beers and started our day. Amazingly peaceful floating the Nile on a Felucca. Just zigzagging our way downstream watching the worl http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-458224.html I tried to get Kim's story into my blog on Kom Ombo but that didn't work So she gets her own blog.Here's Kim's storyWe were given our 1520 minutes free time after our guide finished his tour at the Temple of Kom Ombo. Mom went her own way and Rich and I wondered around for our allotted time. When we were done we headed to the meeting point. I sat on the side of a pillar next to Ahmet and http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-453322.html What day is it I have no clue. Kim tells me this happened on Saturday. Our itinerary was changed or we missed an excursion or Im confused and since I am now in London I have no idea what we did when But I do remember the things we saw so here goesThe River Nile sand on the west side lush vegetation on the right. Time to sit on the pool deck and get a bit of sun as we continue our rive http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-452636.html Yesterday was so busy that I didnt have time to write. So Im trying to catch up this afternoon Sunday while we are jockeying for position at the only lock on the Nile between Aswan and Luxor.So yesterday. We had an opportunity to sleep in which meant a choice. As breakfast was served between 700 and 800 a.m. and we didnt have to meet our guide Ahmed until 900 a.m. did we wa http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-451791.html We left Aswan the night before and cruised to Kom Ombo. We enjoyed seeing the countryside when we woke with fishermen and farmers hard at work. Kom Ombo is 40 kilometers 28 miles north of Aswan and since earliest times has received visitors who have traveled through the Libyan and Arabian deserts from Sudan. The town of Kom Ombo was built on a high dune overlooking the Nile and gained importan http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-431726.html Video of Chester doing her Bday Dance. The Italians were so jealous. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-411510.html Dag 289. Denne natten paa baaten var enda verre enn natten for. Vi hadde faatt et tynnere pledd enn det vi hadde og det hjalp lite med de ekstra klaerne Jane laa og skalv stor deler av natten. Mazen hadde maalt temperaturen og kunne fortelle at den hadde vaert nede i 4 grader. Paa natten kjente Jane at magen ikke var helt som den skulle og listet seg rask fram til dekk for aa finne skoene. De http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-389728.html We sailed overnight and arrived to Edfu during breakfast. After docking alongside the other boats side note the cruise boats dock up against eachother so you usually had to walk through the lobbies of two or three boats to get to yours we got off to go to Edfu temple. Transportation was included in our tour so Alaa' arranged a caleche horse and buggy on the corniche to get to the temple. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-381445.html Once again we can hear the morning prayer calls load and clear but we all manage to doze off again. When we wake up we find we are drifting but not sailing down the Nile with the sides of our tent structure still up. It is an odd experience something like being carried from the car to your bed as a kid and not being quite sure how you got there.Mahmod cooks a breakfast of French toast made w http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-379380.html Christmas Eve was spent on the Nile Cruiser Pioneer II one of thousands of very similar passenger cruise ships on the Nile river. The dining room was decked out with lots of Christmas decorations and dinner was a mammoth seven courses followed by a music and dancing in lounge bar renamed the smoking bar due to the incessant smoking smell throughout it There are some interesting laws here http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-361246.html Tenth Eleventh Stop Kom Ombo Edfu Egypt. As we made our way up the nile river by boat we made several stops including one to the ancient city of Kom Ombo. The most notable thing in Kom Ombo is a temple built during the Ptolemaic dynasty 300 B.C. to 30 B.C. while Egypt was under Greek rule. The temple is made to honor both Horus Falcon headed God of the sky and Sobek Crocodile headed God http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Kom-Ombo/blog-298413.html