Egypt Part. 2

Great News!  I got a call today, they have two of our luggage at the airport in Tunis and we can pick it up on Saturday.  I am hoping the other two will show up and we can pick them all up at the same time. 

I left off with the city of Luxor.  We arrived at the port a little late because the Nile River was choppy due to the wind so they had to go slower.  We had lunch and by 1:30pm we are docking our first stop was going to be Edfu Temple.  We had a horse and carriage ride to the temple.  The carriages outnumber the cars in the city.  They are everywhere.

Here are  pictures of the Edfu Temple



Inside wall at Edfu Temple



Notice the size of the entrance



symbolic statue of King Ramsey II

One of our drivers

In the morning, we went to the Valley of the Kings.  We could not take pictures at the Valley of the Kings but on the way there we saw some hot air balloons.

Egypt

This is for real, before the Egypt Revoulution and before the Tunisian Revoulution we went to Egypt for a cruise on the Nile River and spent two days in Cairo.

We left on the 28 of December and returned the 4th of January.  We packed four suitcases that we never saw the whole time we were gone.  A matter of fact we still have not received our lost luggage.  Do you know how difficult it is to travel with only one change of clothes?  It was a big bummer for the kids because the cruise boat had a pool and they weren't able to use it.  Luckily, we did lots of sight seeing and they didn't have a lot of time and we spent time on the boat eating and sleeping.

I won't mention the reason why are luggage got lost was due to our flight into Egypt was delayed and we missed our connecting flight and we had to fly standby.  Myself and Alyssa got on a morning flight and the rest were stuck in Cairo.  What I have learned in living in Tunisia is that exspect delays and always prepare for the unexpected because it will happen.

Despite all the problems, we did enjoy our trip to Egypt and would recommend Mephis Tours when things return back to normal.

Komomo Temple- Alyssa & I visited this site while Jim and the rest just made the boat that morning before it cast off.




Egyptian Calendar- Komomo Temple



What the cruise boats looked like.

I will post more pictures on another blog, the pictures are taking to long to upload.  I will try on a different date.