Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Luxor West Bank, Market, Shopping, tombs on February 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Tuesday 30 March 1999
It was nice to wake up in ‘my own’ bed this morning. I have the only room at the el-Gezira Hotel that has a bath and I made long use of it last night. Abydos had been a wonderful experience, one that I will never forget, but to be back in [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Middle Egypt, Travel, tagged Abydos, Seti I, Temple on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Monday 29 March 1999
The feast was over and we were leaving Abydos today, but not until later in the afternoon, so getting up early Robin and I were able to spend a whole morning with the Seti I Temple completely to ourselves until the arrival of the noon convoy.
Armed with my SLR and trusty [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Middle Egypt, Travel, tagged Abydos, Desert, Omm sety, tombs on February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Sunday 28 March 1999
We were out very early this morning, at 7.00am the Bakery was open but no bread had been made yet, so our plans for a picnic lunch were thwarted again. After stocking up on large bottles of water and a couple of bags of potato crisps instead, Robin and I set [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Middle Egypt, Travel, tagged Abydos, Desert on February 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Saturday 27 March 1999 (PM)
Robin and I basked in the afternoon sun in the Abydos cafeteria garden waiting for Horus, who was to take us to see some of the desert sites out towards the escarpment. Staying in Abydos meant that we had ample opportunity to visit some of the earliest monuments in Egypt, which [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Middle Egypt, Travel, tagged Abydos, Rameses II, Temples on February 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Saturday 27 March 1999 (AM)
Day of the Feast of Sacrifice, Eid el-Adha, the Saturday holiday saw everyone out on the streets dressed in their finest clothes, greeting each other with smiles and handshakes and blessings. Today the people will go to the cemeteries with gifts for their ancestors, just as they did in pharaonic [...]
Posted in 1999, Egypt, Middle Egypt, Travel, tagged Abydos, Eid el-Adha, Feast on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Friday 26 March 1999 (PM)
It was the eve of the Feast of Sacrifice, Eid el-Adha, which lasts for three days and is the conclusion of the pilgrimage to Mecca. Eid el-Adha is known as the ‘Great Feast’ and is the most important date in the Muslim calendar, as opposed to the ‘Small Feast’, Eid [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Middle Egypt, Travel, tagged Abydos, Akmim, Museum, Sohag on February 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Friday 26 March 1999
The mastabas at Beit Khallaf are in an isolated spot near the edge of the desert escarpment and some kilometres from the main road north from Abydos to Sohag. Horus called for us this morning and asked if we would like him to drive us there. Would we! We left Abydos [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Middle Egypt, Travel, tagged Abydos, Temple on February 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Journal: Thursday 25 March 1999 (PM)
After lunch, Horus came to the hotel and suggested that he escorted Robin and I on a tour of the Temple of Seti I. This was my second time at the temple, having been here for a brief visit just over a year ago, but I knew that today our [...]
Posted in 1999, Egypt, Middle Egypt, Travel, tagged Abydos, Temple, train on February 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Journal: Thursday 25 March 1999 (AM)
I was up with the dawn this morning, excited that today was the beginning of an adventure. My friend Robin and I had arranged to spend a few days at Abydos, hoping to see more of the huge ancient site than is possible on a one-day visit when travelling with [...]
Posted in 1999, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Felucca, sunset on February 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Wednesday 24 March 1999
This morning I met Robin and together we crossed the river on a motor boat to Luxor. Motor boats are an alternative to the passenger ferry, either to be privately hired for LE5 or as a public means of transport for the fare of LE1 each - twice the cost of [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Deir el-Bahri, Luxor West Bank, Temples on February 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Tuesday 23 March 1999
Probably the one thing I love most about the el-Geziret Hotel is its rooftop restaurant where I could sit at a table in the open air and look out over the terrace wall, across the Nile to Luxor. A leisurely breakfast with several cups of coffee found me gazing out at [...]
Posted in 1999, Egypt, Luxor, Travel on February 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Monday 22 March 1999
An overnight train journey to Reading and a coach from there to Heathrow, once more saw me waiting in the airport departure lounge, excited to be going back to Egypt. Since I left Luxor in November last year, my friend Robin had been living in an apartment there and although I [...]
Posted in 1998, Egypt, Luxor, Travel on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Monday 9 November 1998
Once again it was time to leave Egypt, this time on an early morning flight out of Luxor. Kit and I had spent yesterday afternoon visiting many of our Egyptian friends to say a last goodbye - or rather au revoir, until next time. Nubi had presented Kit with a beautiful [...]
Posted in 1998, Archaeology, Egypt, Travel, tagged el-Kab, Temple, tombs on February 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Journal: Sunday 8 November 1998
Although Kit was feeling a little better this morning, he decided to stay in the hotel, while I was up before sunrise to catch the early morning ferry over to Luxor with Robin to meet Sam and Abdul with his taxi. We were travelling with the 7.00am convoy towards Aswan, but [...]
Posted in 1998, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Luxor West Bank, tombs on February 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Saturday 7 November 1998
On Saturday morning, Kit and I were up early for a brief visit to the Qurna tombs of Rekhmire and Sennefer trying to beat the tourists who usually arrive there a little later in the day. Not that the tombs at Sheikh ‘Abd el-Qurna are ever really busy. I had an [...]
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