EGYPT – TEMPLE OF KARNAK

A 1500 year project with some areas still incomplete.

Temples of Karnak.

 

 

With 134 gigantic pillars most over 50 feet tall... TEMPLE OF KARNAK IS  A MUST VISIT SITE.

 

 

  You will be in awe by what is left of it's original magnificence ... Something that seems from "ANOTHER WORLD".

Reflecting Sacred Lake

 

 

 

 

Pharaoh Statues

 

 

 

 

Obelisk. Floated from towns upstream on The Nile and brought across land to Temple of Karnak.

 

 

 

 
Shadows tell me that daylight is fading and since I am told sunset on The Nile is not to be missed, I leave Temple of Karnak with some regret.

There is no haggling as I find a felucca captain that will make this possible.

 

 

 

It is delightful to watch Capt. Hasan (From Sweden .. brown eyes) skillfully maneuver his boat onto The Nile. There is little wind so we are tugged down river to navigate the current back to our launch site.

I get to be Capt. Don(From Bahamas), even rowing at times. However, I don't think I will make The Egyptian Felucca Olympic Team.

 

 

Masa Lama (Good bye) to Capt. Hasan and I begin my walk back to my hotel. This time I pass kids interestedly playing soccer with oranges and lemons!

A souvenir shop stop and I am involved in an engaging conversation with the shop owner. 

"What you pay, LE$15?”

"Free" I counter offer.

I don't get a bargain but I do get a "Free" bead and "Egyptian Magic" analysis of my name. He is 62% right about my personality .. not bad since the other 38% I am not even sure about.
Most tours to Luxor are one day trips with return to Cairo and other destinations by night buses or trains.

From another backpacker, I learn that I could possibly be on my way to Dahab via Sham al Sheikh tonight!

 

 

 

Dahab and Sham el Sheik on Sinai has had numerous terrorist attacks in recent years but this does not deter me from visiting.

8:00PM. I pay LE$60 about US$11 and make a conditional, I might be back check out from Hotel Nefertiti.

In a shared taxi (LE$20) that is not as exiting as in Cairo, I am on my way to the airport hoping I will make a flight to Sharm al.