Edfu Temple – Part 2
This is second post about the Temple of Horus at Edfu. I guess the travelling to the Temple by Horse and 2-wheeled carriage was a different way of getting to our destination andRead More…
This is second post about the Temple of Horus at Edfu. I guess the travelling to the Temple by Horse and 2-wheeled carriage was a different way of getting to our destination andRead More…
This is the first post about the Temple of Horus in Edfu. We visited the Temple at Edfu early in the morning of the 19th October 2011 as part of a tourRead More…
The rainfall on he Sinai Peninsula is very small. Much of the area that we travelled could be said to be desert with very little to no vegetation. If this is whatRead More…
The Suez Canal is man made sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction work, it allows transportation byRead More…
Just after crossing the Suez canal we came to a place called Marah Springs. The Bible in Exodus 15 tells the story about how the Israelites were in the wilderness and couldRead More…
There is some really great opportunities for taking photos right through the Sinai Peninsula. The diversity of the landscape from the coastline to rugged mountainous landscape makes for a very interesting time.Read More…
After a tiresome overnight train from Cairo to Aswan, we boarded an Egyptian boat called a Felucca. We sailed on the Nile River around an Island called Elephantine and able to seeRead More…
Feluccas are a very common sight on the Nile – they make there way up and down the Nile River. The wind catches their sails and they move gracefully and quietly alongRead More…
One of the things that I was very cautious about was to ensure I didn’t drink any of the water direct from the river. We always ensured we had bottled water –Read More…
It was late afternoon and we were sitting on the top deck of the Cruise Ship MV Miriam going from Aswan to Luxor. There was plenty to see from our position onRead More…