24th October. Abu Sembal.

A very early start as it was a 3 hour drive to Abu Sembal from our final port of call at Aswan. So our trip down the Nile included Luxor, Kom Ombo and then Aswan.
We traveled through desert near the Sudan border to reach the temple of Abu Sembal that was relocated to higher ground when the Aswan dam was built and flooded the place where this amazing temple built by Ramese 2 to himself and his wife Neferatari. It took 4 years of work 24/7 to achieve and UNESCO funded it.
Again hot but a lovely breeze off the dam water and what a sight.













Back on the bus and 3 hours back again and off to the Temple of Isis. A woman queen who was a god that always supported her husband and son and was a god of healing. Her temple was on an island and we went across by little boats. Before getting there we visited  the granite quarry where the obelisk were made and rolled down to the Nile. Hatshepsut a paroah queen built the biggest one but it cracked before completion. You could see it lying there.






By this time it was dusk and we caught a feloucca, a beautiful  Egyptian sail boat, something I had so wanted to do. Beautiful  evening. Just delightful. Back on board for our last night.






Comments

  1. AnneV25 October 2019 at 16:36

    What fantastic experiences you are having!

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  2. Anne26 October 2019 at 08:24

    Sounds like a very similar trip to mine. Abu Simbel was just spectacular and even more amazing that they moved it block by block!

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