Egypt (2003)
Luxor
Page 1: Openshaw Brothers Reach Libyan Border
Pics - Siwa Oasis
Pics - Mountain of the Dead & Desert Ecolodge
Page 2: FUBAR in the Sahara
Pics - Mummies & Libyan Desert
Page 3: Openshaws Search for King Tut's Treasure
Pics - Black Desert & White Desert
Pics - Farafra Oasis
Pics - Bahariyya Oasis
Pics - The Pyramids
Pics - Luxor
Pics - Cairo 1
Pics - Cairo 2
Pics - Cairo: Lover's Bridge
Luxor is 10 hours due south of Cairo by train, following the Nile upriver
Our hotel is at the end of this alley, to the right. I have no idea what those hanging colored cloths were for.
How often do they fall in? I wonder
Pascal communes with ancient Egyptian history
Tomb entrance in the Valley of the Kings. Many pharaohs and their queens have their tombs in this once super-secret valley, including the famous Tutenkhamen (King Tut), Ramses, Queen Nefertiti and many others.
The temple of Karnak
McDonald's are ubiquitous all over the world, but how many of them can claim to have 2 machine gun wielding soldiers with a blast shield as greeters?
The overnight train back to Cairo
Reading Lonely Planet, my travel bible
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