Sunday 29 July 2007

Luxor....this is my favourite temple

We sailed into Luxor and had lunch on board. We left the cruise liner after lunch and visited the East bank which contained Karnak and Luxor temples.

Karnak Temple

This temple is famous for featuring in a James Bond movie "The spy who loved me".
This is an amazing temple filled with a lot of history. We also went to the sound and light show but we were not impressed as it was too long and featured voices with lights. With the said, the lighting was good and it was great to see the temple in an atmospheric tone.
Luxor temple
I had been looking forward to seeing Luxor temple as I knew this was the roots of Tutankhamen and his wife, Ankhesenpaaten. It is one of the best temples to see as it has a lot of the monuments undamaged by time. It is stunningly beautiful.
The picture to the left are the statues of the young King, Tutankhamen and his Queen Ankhesenpaaten. It is very good condition considering the age of the temple.
We returned once again to the cruiser and this would be our last night aboard. Tomorrow we would be travelling to Ciaro and saying goodbye to Yasser.