Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Luxor West Bank, tombs on March 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Journal: Tuesday 19 October 1999
Jenny and I crossed the river again this morning, taking an arabeya and stopping at the taftsh to buy tickets to Deir el-Bahri temple. Whoopee! I discovered that the tombs of Roy and Shuroy at Dra Abu’l Naga were now open at last and so this was where we headed first. [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged King's Valley, Luxor West Bank, tombs on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Monday 18 October 1999
In Arabic, the Valley of the Kings is called Biban el-Maluk and means the ‘Gate of Kings’. The ancient Egyptians referred to it as ‘The Great Field’ and ‘the Beautiful Ladder of the West’. Such evocative names for this, the last resting place of many New Kingdom pharaohs, whose tombs are [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Nile Cruise, Travel on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Sunday 17 October 1999
The ‘Lotus Boat’ was an ideal way to enjoy a short cruise on the Nile while visiting Dendera Temple at the same time, without the hassle of the convoy. We had an early start at 6.45am while the sun was still struggling to rise above the river mist. Everything was bathed in [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Karnak, Luxor, Temple, Tuthmose III on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Saturday 16 October 1999
In my experience, the best time to visit Karnak Temple at its least crowded is in the afternoon, when the coaches have taken the weary tour groups away for lunch. By 12.00pm the temple becomes, if not deserted, then a little quieter than in the morning. Unfortunately this is the hottest [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Deir el-Medina, Meretseger, Workmen's Village on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Friday 15 October 1999
Last night Jenny and I discussed what we would do today and decided that we would visit Deir el-Medina, so we were ready to go out early for another trip across the river on the passenger ferry. Once on the West Bank we caught an arabeya to the taftish and bought [...]
Posted in 1999, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Felucca, Sufi dancer on March 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Journal: Thursday 14 October 1999
It is always a joy on the first morning when I wake up in an Egyptian hotel room with the sun shining brightly through wide sheer curtains to step out onto the balcony and look out over the River Nile and the West Bank mountains. We had an early breakfast sitting in the [...]
Posted in 1999, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Luxor, Sonesta Hotel on March 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Wednesday 13 October 1999
Guess where I’ve come on my holiday. This time I am travelling with my friend Jenny and we booked a package holiday - something I haven’t done for a long time. We left England this morning flying from Gatwick in pre-booked seats by a window. Although the plane was very full [...]
Posted in 1999, Egypt, Travel on March 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Monday 5 April 1999
Ahmed came with his taxi early this morning to drive me along the quiet mist-covered West Bank roads to the airport. We crossed the bridge and drove through Luxor while I watched the town waking up and beginning a new day. A mile or two out of Luxor is the [...]
Posted in 1999, Egypt, Luxor, Travel on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Sunday 4 April 1999 (PM)
I was back in the hotel by 9.30am - just in time for a late breakfast! I was exhausted from the long walk, the crowds and the noise of the Coptic service, but after a shower, some reluctant packing and several cups of coffee, I was fit to meet Robin [...]
Posted in 1999, Egypt, Local Customs, Luxor, Travel, tagged Coptic, Luxor West Bank, Monastery on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Sunday 4 April 1999 (AM)
It is Sunday and the last day of this trip. I don’t know where the time has gone, it seems like only a few days ago I arrived in Luxor, excited at the prospect of two weeks here. I have achieved one of my dreams - to spend a few [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Deir el-Medina, Temples on March 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Journal: Friday 2 April 1999
This morning I went to Kom Lolla, near the Temple of Medinet Habu, to visit my Egyptian friends, Nubi and Zeinab. When I arrived Nubi wasn’t home, so while Zeinab made tea I played with their two youngest children, Mona and Hassan. Mona, a girl of around eight years old, is [...]
Posted in 1999, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Luxor West Bank, Queen's Valley, tombs on March 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Thursday 1 April 1999
This morning I went to Robin’s apartment, where we had coffee on her roof which has lovely views of both the Nile and the Theban mountains. Looking straight down from my viewpoint into the street, I could see it was baking day in Geziret and all along the road there were [...]
Journal: Wednesday 31 March 1999
I’d had no plans for today, so getting up late I spent a couple of hours over breakfast and coffee on the rooftop terrace, chatting with some German guests. Later in the morning Robin called round asking if I would go with her to the pool in Luxor’s newest hotel, the Sonesta [...]
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