awaiting the night fall. what is that behind the dome gateway and its walls? curiosity versus eerie feeling!
more spooky .. what is that? lights in several points within valley of the kings. and we realize ... that's the tombstones!
silhouette of ukirsari. one amongst the best pictures made by beloved nicholas
then comes into daylight ... oh! that's a coptic cemetery within the monastery of el mohareb a.k.a saint tawdros
now we knew ... that dome roofs and the walls surrounded is a coptic monastery of saint tawdros or known in arabic as el mohareb
so this el mohareb monastery situated exactly at the opposite of valley of the kings
egyptian coptic kids after sunday service. sharing their innocence stories with us
their smile and the way to say greetings, it's cool. biligual arabic and greek!
ukirsari in front of saint tawdros' church
nicholas in front of saint tawdros' church
another scene of the gateway of el mohareb
a coptic tombstone
those leaf pattern is known as "ankh" in egyptian arabic, or "pax" in latin and greek or 'peace' in our universal language
another 'ankh' gateway to the tombstone
the balloon over luxor countryside. pity us, doesn't have much money to spending a luxurious trip around :) we use another way ... rent bicycles
nicholas behind the bicycle
ukirsari behind the bicycle
a mini toy train in our way to the ferry landing of east bank to west bank in luxor
handle the carriages to bring sugarcane in harvest
the sugarcane, ready to be sent to the local sugar producers
a trip over the nile by ferry
ready to embark to the west bank of luxor a.k.a al uqsur
