People

hoping for tourists to ask for a ride

no helmets

no limits on people on a moppet

not many women working at the resort

but they are in town

not very colorful

guys also wear dresses

traffic is never boring

old enough to drive

time for prayer

visiting while driving

lots of people fit in a pickup truck

I got this picture from another member of our group

 

On the Road

We're home, I loaded some camera pictures, so I'm posting some more

our convoy to Luxor

It's an old law to have to go in Convoy formation

There are also multiple checkpoints on the way

at every dirt road crossing there's a checkpoint

for those leaving the main road

Lots of loads are in a tight wrap

tomatoes for the red sea coast

where nothing grows

this is a fun load

Camels

we saw a lot of these trucks with a board coming down between the wheels

It seemed mainly to be used for socializing

some old fashioned way of transport

we saw lots of these too

 

Around the resort

We went to a dance , was different 

Most of the workers at the resort are male

From the restaurant we can see the fishing boats go out

A nice place for coffee 

Last night we did some karaoke 

Food was good

Lots of varieties 

 Small part of the warm selection 

Snorkeling

It’s often quite windy, so screens are nice, this is the coral reef beach very close to our room

You can see fish from above 

But when you go snorkeling, it’s amazing 

Just as if you’re swimming in an aquarium 

I even saw a lion fish

 

Hatshepsut

A visit to the funerary temple of pharaoh Hatshepsut 

Only known temple with 3 levels, every level tells a story 

These look female but Hatshepsut herself was often depicted as male, even with a beard they think because a male leader would impress the army better

Hatshepsut was often depicted as Osiris 

From the 3rd level you can see the difference the Nile makes, where the Nile runs it’s green anywhere else desert

Temples are usually mirrored images, what you see on the right is also on the left originally 

We only had 25 minutes so it was a quick visit 

 A beautiful sphinx (both sides)

King’s Valley

The pictures are amazingly sharp and so colourful after so many years

We went to the king’s valley where we visited 4 graves 

This is one of the challenges a dead king would face on his/her way, a pit with snakes, no bridge

Osiris

When a king started raining he/she right away would usually start preparing for death by preparing a tomb and a mortuary temple

Some graves took quite a few steps down, guides are not allowed to go in and explain things, makes sense because there’s not that much space and with a guide you’d stay longer and hold up everyone else

We were the only ones going to Tutankhamen’s tomb, you had to pay extra, but I think it’s worth it, this picture is from inside his tomb, he probably was placed in a priest tomb because his wasn’t ready yet, he died very young and hadn’t started a tomb yet

Everywhere you had people wanting to do something, like take your pictures, and expect a tip, we’re getting used to it I guess 

Lots of places are like this where you walk through a market, every one wants to sell you something, our guide told us that they will say: a dollar, only a dollar, but it would always be more than a dollar.