Luxor Temple

A Taste of Luxor

---

November 26th 2005
Shane and I are now in Luxor. After watching a spectacular sunrise in the White Desert and a fine Egyptian breakfast, we headed to Farafra Oasis (another 40 km from the White Desert). We said our goodbyes to Mohammed and Ahmed (and tipped them very, very well to be sure!) before negotiating a minibus ride to Dakhla Oasis (a little over 300 km from Farafra, where we met a couple from Belgium). L ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

---

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... ... read more