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 [...]
Posted in 1998, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Deir el-Bahri, Luxor West Bank, Medinet Habu, Temple on February 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Friday 6 November 1998
Having arranged to meet Robin and Sam at Medinet Habu, Kit and I caught an arabeya to the taftish and bought our tickets, before walking along the track which leads straight to the Temple. Habu is my favourite temple on the West Bank, probably the most complete and I love it [...]
Posted in 1998, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged King's Valley, Museum on February 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal: Thursday 5 November 1998
Time is running out with only four more days here in Luxor. As usual, time in Egypt has an elastic quality that makes me feel like I’ve never lived anywhere else, yet I am aware of the days flying by, packed as they are with things to do and places to [...]
Posted in 1998, Luxor, Travel, tagged Books, Shopping on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal entry for Wednesday 4 November 1998
I’ve been in Egypt for over two weeks and hadn’t bought a book until today. I am an avid book collector and this must be a record for me. When I arrive in Luxor, one of my first outings is a tour of the bookshops - and there are [...]
Posted in 1998, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Karnak, Malqata, Temple on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal entry for Tuesday 3 November 1998
After meeting my friends at the Amoun Restaurant for a breakfast get-together, Kit and I took a caleche to Karnak, where we bought tickets for the open-air museum. It had been a couple of years since I last had a good look around here and there were many changes. [...]
Posted in 1998, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Luxor West Bank, tombs on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal entry for Monday 2 November 1998
At the beginning of our third week in Egypt and following a hectic weekend in Aswan I decided Kit and I needed a restful day, so a leisurely breakfast on the hotel roof terrace was stretched out until lunchtime. Catching an arabeya from outside on the street, we went [...]
Posted in 1998, Aswan, Egypt, Travel, tagged Philae, Temple on January 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal entry for Sunday 1 November 1998
On Sunday morning Kit and I were up early and leaving our bags in the hotel reception to collect later, we took a taxi to Philae Port. I had been to Philae several times before, but only with a tour group, so this visit was a journey into the [...]
Posted in 1998, Archaeology, Aswan, Egypt, Travel, tagged Museums, tombs on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal entry for Saturday 31 October 1998
Once again Kit and I had made use of our ISIC cards, this time to buy half-price train tickets to Aswan, splashing out all of LE 15 (about £1.50) to travel first class. We were at Luxor railway station bright and early to catch the 6.30am train, which for [...]
Posted in 1998, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Temples, tombs on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal entry for Friday 30 October 1998
After our problem with the police two days ago at Medamud, we wanted to avoid any mishaps this time by seeking permission to visit the temple at Tod, which is around 20km to the south of Luxor and then to go on to el-Moalla, a little further south. We went to [...]
Posted in 1998, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Luxor West Bank, Nefertari, Queen's Valley, tombs on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal entry for Thursday 29 October 1998
While we had been off in the countryside yesterday my friend Nubi had been busy. He had arranged with Dr Mohammed Sayed for our party (myself, Kit, Sam and Robin) to visit the famous tomb of Queen Nefertari as his guests. Kit and I had already had the honour [...]
Posted in 1998, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Golf, Temple on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal entry for Wednesday 28 October 1998
Although Medamud is only a few kilometres from Luxor, it seems to be a difficult place to get to. Permission is needed from the tourist police, who will escort any visitors to the temple, which is in the countryside beyond the road block on the northern edge of Luxor. [...]
Posted in 1998, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Deir el-Medina, Luxor West Bank, Temple on January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal entry for Monday 26 October 1998
Deciding to spend the whole day of the West Bank, Kit and I were up early and caught an arabeya to the Colossi of Memnon, where we stopped for a while to look at the gigantic statues of Amenhotep III which once graced the entrance to his mortuary temple. [...]
Posted in 1998, Archaeology, Egypt, Luxor, Travel, tagged Karnak Temple on January 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Journal entry for Sunday October 25 1998
The strange thing about staying on the West Bank of Luxor is that we seemed to be spending much of our time travelling back and forwards over the river. When I’ve stayed on the East Bank it was always the other way round, crossing to the West. Today, having [...]
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