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30 08, 2018

Egypt Travelogue: Day 12, Part 1 – Valley of the Kings

By Lili|August 30th, 2018|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, Cruise, cruise ship, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, Egypt Travelogue, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, King Tut, KV11, KV6, KV62, KV8, KV9, Luxor, Luxor West Bank, Merneptah, Middle East, Mummy, Nile, Nile Cruise, Ramesses III, Ramesses IX, Ramesses V, Ramesses VI, Tomb, Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, West Bank|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Monday November 2, 2015 Egypt: Day 12, Part 1 – Valley of the Kings Once again, I awoke early to finish packing as we'd not be returning to the cruise ship, our bags instead would be taken onto our next hotel. I paid the last of my bill and then we all piled into a bus to take us to the Valley of the Kings. We crossed the Nile and past green fields and local houses and came out into

1 11, 2017

Egypt Travelogue: Day 11, Part 3 – Luxor Stroll

By Lili|November 1st, 2017|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, bargaining, Camel, Cruise, cruise ship, Dream of Egypt, earrings, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, Egypt Travelogue, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, ghost, Ghost Ship, Luxor, Luxor Temple, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, shopping, Souk, Tea, Zahi Hawass|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Sunday November 1, 2015 Egypt: Day 11, Part 3 – Luxor Stroll In Aswan and Kom Ombo our cruise ship had been tied up in a row with another ship, so we actually left our lobby and entered directly into another ship's lobby before getting to a gangplank to go ashore. However, in Luxor, hundreds of ships were tied up along the shore, sometimes 10 deep. But this time they weren't fancy other cruise ships, but the decaying unused ones.

30 10, 2017

Museum Monday: Kom Ombo Temple at Night

By Lili|October 30th, 2017|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: 2015, Africa, crocodile, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, G Adventures, Halloween, Kom Ombo, Kom Ombo Temple, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, Sobek, Temple|0 Comments

I was lucky two years ago to be spending Halloween Night visiting Kom Ombo Temple. This unique temple is of Ptolemaic origin, and is unusual in that it is dedicated with symmetrical temples, one to the crocodile god Sobek, and the other the falcon headed god Haroeris (Horus the Elder). It was almost mystical being one of the last few people walking the temple that night.

11 09, 2017

Travel Missteps: Luxor Locked In

By Lili|September 11th, 2017|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2015, Africa, bargaining, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, Locked, Locked in, Luxor, Middle East, Nile Cruise, Souk|0 Comments

Photo by Elizabeth I'm not good at bargaining, as I'm just too nice and not good with that type of confrontation. Which is why Elizabeth, my friend from Middle School, ended up being my "Anger Translator" as she later joked on our trip of Egypt together. She stopped me from paying too much for things and got touts to stop hassling us. But it was definitely my fault that got us locked into a store in Luxor. I was thinking about getting a copper plate or bowl. I had seen one I really liked in Aswan, but decided

29 08, 2017

Egypt Travelogue: Day 11, Part 2 – Unexpected Nile Shopping

By Lili|August 29th, 2017|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, bargaining, boat, Cruise, cruise ship, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, Egypt Travelogue, Esna, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, ghost, Ghost Ship, Luxor, Luxor Temple, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, shopping, table cloth, Tea|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Sunday November 1, 2015 Egypt: Day 11, Part 2 – Unexpected Nile Shopping When we got back to the cruise ship, we had breakfast and talked about people's jobs. After this fortification, we had a group meeting to remind us of the time we should be near the Esna Lock. After a full morning, I decided to go back to the room and rest a bit. I found a towel elephant awaiting us! After resting for a while I thought

28 10, 2016

Egyptian Galabeya Party on Nile Cruise

By Lili|October 28th, 2016|Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel Memories|Tags: 2015, Africa, Cruise, cruise ship, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Galabeya, galabeya party, jilbab, Kom Ombo, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, Photo Friday|0 Comments

Last year I spent Halloween in Egypt. On the night of the 31st the cruise ship had a Galabeya Party. It is a standard dress that is slowing with sleeves. Some of us ended up buying one from the market to wear at the party. I considered it my "Halloween Costume" last year. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

20 10, 2016

Death on the Nile: The Ghost Ships of Egypt

By Lili|October 20th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories|Tags: 2015, Africa, Aswan, Cruise, cruise ship, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, G Adventures, ghost, Ghost Ship, Google Earth, Google Maps, Luxor, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, Travel Thursday|0 Comments

Ghost Ships at Luxor Temple Preparing for my trip to Egypt, I read many blogs. One of the unique articles I read was "Egypt's Modern Day Ruins: The Nile River Cruises of Yesteryear" from Roaming Around the World. It was fascinating to read about the fact that tourism has dropped so much in Egypt that out of over 350 Nile Cruise Ships that use to be working less than 15 are still in use. I marveled at the photos of the dilapidated Ghost Ships, decaying in the desert heat. Rows of mothballed ships. Source And I wondered

13 09, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 11, Part 1 – Early Morning in Edfu

By Lili|September 13th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, caleche, Dendera, Dream of Egypt, Edfu, Edfu Temple, Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, falcon, G Adventures, Hathor, horse, horse carriage, Horus, Mammisi, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, Nut, Osiris, Set, Temple, Temple of Edfu|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Sunday November 1, 2015 Egypt: Day 11, Part 1 – Early Morning in Edfu Photo by Tara We got up and met in the lobby of the ship. I recall drinking what was called orange juice, but was more related to Tang. (We'd have our actual breakfast after we got back.) We then headed out to take our horse carriage to Edfu Temple. Apparently, when the city and cruise ships tried to switch to buses, the locals rebelled

30 08, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 10, Part 3 – Halloween at Kom Ombo

By Lili|August 30th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, crocodile, Crocodile Museum, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, G Adventures, Galabeya, galabeya party, Halloween, Kom Ombo, Kom Ombo Temple, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, Nilometer, Sobek, Temple|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Saturday October 31, 2015 Egypt: Day 10, Part 3 – Halloween at Kom Ombo As Mikel gathered us in the lobby, he was adamant we don't shop going in or going out. That there was limited time, and the ship would leave at a specific time. We followed him, but then he stopped right before going up the steps. We all were eager to get started, but Mikel smartly let some of the pushier groups like the Chinese group with

29 06, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 10, Part 2 – Nile Cruise Sets Sail

By Lili|June 29th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, Aswan, Cruise, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, G Adventures, Kom Ombo, Kom Ombo Temple, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, Perfume|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Saturday October 31, 2015 Egypt: Day 10, Part 2 – Nile Cruise Sets Sail After we made it past the sellers at the marina near Philae Temple we set off again. A few of us were dropped off at a Perfume store. We spent a while drinking tea and smelling all the various scents. I've never owned perfume so I don't know what I like (or am allergic too) and there are so many to smell that its hard to