Luxor West Bank - Valley of the Kings. Very hot today...
Valley of the Kings
Hand carved alabaster
Alabaster pots
Queen Hatshepsut's temple , Luxor West Bank
Queen Hatshepsut's temple
Queen Hatshepsut's temple - tourist police cooling off.
Queen Hatshepsut's temple - view from the upper level back to the Nile.
The Colossi of Memnon.
A typical Nile cruiser.
Our sundeck.
Waiting for the lock at Esna.
Local policeman, roasting in uniform.
Local traders selling to the tourists on the boats.
Going through Esna Lock.
Pied Kingfisher with lunch. Lots of these around.
'Egyptian night' on the boat.
Whirling Dervish. Very odd.
Typical cruise scene.
Double masted powered felucca.
Nile bridge near Aswan
At the unfinished Obelisk. Yes that's it behind Pen.
Quarry of the unfinished obelisk.
Obelisk Paparazzi.
The temple at Philae - an island above the Aswan dam.The temple was moved here from a lower level island when the dam was built to save it.
Philae temple.
Philae temple. With Massoud our loyal guide.
Carvings at Philae temple.
Pen mixing with the locals.
Nubian man - a portrait.
Philae temple by night.
Philae temple - holy of holies inner sanctum.
Abu Simbel. We flew here from Aswan on a morning trip.
Abu Simbel. Like Philae, this entire edifice and internal temples were moved from lower levels when the Aswan high dam was built.
Abu Simbel. In closeup some of the cut lines can be seen - for example in front of the ears of the heads.
Abu Simbel.
Abu Simbel. Graffiti!
Abu Simbel. The queen's temple to the right.
On a felucca ride at Aswan. Heading for Kitchener's island, now a protected botanical garden.
Kitchener's Island.
White Egret on Kitchener's island. There were hundreds of these guys around.
Returning to the boat by Felucca - we had to hitch a ride as the wind disappeared!
Lotus flower monument at Aswan high dam.
Kalesh waiting for tourists off the boats.
Parked up at Kom Ombo.
Kom Ombo temple.
Cruise scene.
Edfu temple - to the falcon god Horus.
Edfu temple - Horus.
Edfu temple.
Edfu temple - hypostyle hall.
Karnak temple site at Luxor. Avenue of Ram's Heads.
Karnak.
Karnak - hypostyle hall.
Karnak. Rebuilding work continues.
The perfume and essential oils shop.
Perfume bottle made on site.
Luxor temple - in the centre of town.
Luxor temple - with Massoud
Luxor temple. Representation of 'enemies' captured and roped together.
Luxor temple. This is a mosque, built on top of a coptic church (when the sand level was 10 feet high) within the pharonic temple itself.
Luxor temple. Mosque users at the original door before the church below was excavated from the sand.
Luxor temple.
Local at Luxor temple.
Balloon ride over the West Bank - setting off.
Balloon ride.
Balloon ride. West Bank mountains where the valley of the Kings is.
Balloon ride - West Bank mountains.
Balloon ride - Colossi of Memnon.
Balloons over the East Bank at Luxor
Balloon ride - the Nile.
Balloon ride - clearly shows the split between the irrigated area and the desert beyond.
Balloon ride - coming down.
Balloon ride - nearly there.
Balloon ride - back on solid land, and now heading home.
