Row, row, row your boat

a boat ride

In order to get to the other side of the Nile, and Luxor, we had to take a boat. It was a small boat, too much decorated, with music that was so loud we couldn't hear each other. As we were crossing the Nile, some of us for the 1st time, we even managed to hit another boat! We'll never know what the 'captains' yelled to each other when that happened.

Another Sacred Place

the entrance

Probably the best time to visit Luxor is at dusk, when everything is illuminated in a special way, and looks even more impressive.

Explore the temple, take a look at its walls covered with reliefs of famous battles and religious scenes, admire the statues of Ramses II and papyrus columns with bud and open-flower capitals, visit the 'Birth Room' with the reliefs on the walls depicting the divine birth of Amenophis III...

Address: Upper Egypt, Thebes

Directions: the southern end of the Thebes east temple complex

Website: http://www.touregypt.net