At the valley of the kings we visited 3 tombs- you have a choice of about 10. You walk throgh several hundred yards of passageway lined with brilliant hieroglyphics pertaining to that particular king..It was very crowded and unbearably hot- even at 7 AM. That said i really enjoyed it. Outside the tombs there are large hill of barren rock. Nothing green- hiding untold treasures beneath. nearly all the known tombs had been looted, only Tut's tomb remained intact.
We then visited Hatsheputs temple- not that impressive - followed by the valley of the queens for a tomb similar to those a few hours before. Here is was nearly deserted and we had the place to ourselves. A visit to an alabaster factory, lunch and then, blessedly the pool. This evening we took a short ride in a feluca, a sail boat on the Nile. I think we drank a little too much- the heat you know- and it was little difficult getting off. Later a carriage rise through town in the dark accompanied the ever present sounds of the muezzin- the call to prayer for the moslims. This seems to go on all day starting at 4 AM. I think each mosque has a different time to do the call and since there are so many it seems to be every 5 minutes. The sound is a bit grating not as pretty as the church bells of Europe. It just reinforces the exotic atmosphere. Yes Bonnie I did think of Josh existing in this heat and climate. Bless him, I don't know how he did 15 months in Iraq.
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Sylvia and I visited with Frank yesterday (7/3). We read all of your Egyptian blogs and thoroughly enjoyed them. It was a beautiful day...low 80's and we sat outside for over an hour. Your trip sounds facinating...but hot!
Bridget and Gary plan to visit Frank Sunday.
Keep up the blogging!
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