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<br />Wednesday morning (Aswan still) was a 7.30 wakeup call and we headed back to Karnak again (where we were the night before for the sound and light show). This time we had a guide and of course there was much more to see in the day time. After that we went to the Temple of Aswan. Reading about all of the temples and tombs etc that I have seen you might be wondering if I ever get bored with them... HELL NO. Each on is completly different from the other. Built in different dynasties, by different rulers, for different purposes and with different designs thay all have something unique and special about them. I am incredibly impressed with our guides who have been more than knowledgeable.

Aswan to Luxor

Natalie Moore
2006-03-03 19:41:06

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Hi again.

Wednesday morning (Aswan still) was a 7.30 wakeup call and we headed back to Karnak again (where we were the night before for the sound and light show). This time we had a guide and of course there was much more to see in the day time. After that we went to the Temple of Aswan. Reading about all of the temples and tombs etc that I have seen you might be wondering if I ever get bored with them... HELL NO. Each on is completly different from the other. Built in different dynasties, by different rulers, for different purposes and with different designs thay all have something unique and special about them. I am incredibly impressed with our guides who have been more than knowledgeable.

We then had time to have showers back at the hotel before boarding the bus to Luxor. To get from Aswan to Luxor all tourists must have a police escort and move in a convoy! So at 3pm we met up with he poice to fins that we were the only bus in the convoy. We had 2 police vans and 2 motorbikes take us all the way from Aswan to Luxor. There were only 17 of us being protected by 15 policemen. I think we all felt like Princesses! Toursm here is a stricly regulated business. The Aswan police took us to the border of Luxor ad then we were handed over and were the responsibility of the Luxor police. When we reached Luxor our tour leader had to call Aswan police to let thm know we arrived safely.

We all had dinner at the hotel and then an early night in preparation for our 3am wakeup call the next day. Abu Simbel, which is temple of Ramses II (and his wife Nefetari) is another 3hrs south of Luxor and all tourists once again have to travel in a convoy with a police escort. We met the convoy at 3.30am and I slep most of the way there. Being there at 6.30 was a perfect time as it wasn't too hot and we were there just after sunrise. I was expecting a lot from Abu Simbel considering the 3am wakeup call and I wasn't disappointed. There is much ...