Egypt 2008

Egypt in January 2008

2008 01 04 Sara and I went to Hurghada, Egypt for a week without the girls. Sara's parents stayed in Holland with them. Here, we are at Holland Spoor and are already looking pretty relaxed

2008 01 04 J and Sara on the Train. Once again, look how relaxed we are, except for our nostrils, that is.

2008 01 05 Egypt Beach Bar

2008 01 05 Everyday, the guys that cleaned our room made some towel origami.

2008 01 05 A Camel on the Beach

2008 01 05 Flowers in my Hair

2008 01 05 My New Lindsays

2008 01 05 Pool at the resort

2008 01 05 View from our Balcony

2008 01 05 More Bed Art

2008 01 06 Plenty of Sleep... Turn the flash off!

2008 01 07 J Maxxing out Relaxing

2008 01 07 Poolside

2008 01 07 J Up to his Usual Tricks - Checking my hockey pool!

2008 01 07 More Pool

2008 01 07 We went on a Camel Ride in the desert. Mounting Up

2008 01 07 Class Act

2008 01 07 Not the only Camel Toe we saw that week...

2008 01 07 On Our Way

2008 01 07 The Desert

2008 01 07 J and Sara on High

2008 01 07 Smoochy Riders

2008 01 07 Riding Off Together

2008 01 07 Good Buddies

2008 01 07 Bedouin Village

2008 01 07 Regal Beasts

2008 01 07 Returning to the Resort

2008 01 07 Shadows

2008 01 07 The One Problem With Riding Camels

2008 01 07 Giving the Boys a Much Deserved Rest

2008 01 08 We did the day trip to the Valley of the Kings in Luxor. That meant a 6 am departure for a four hour bus ride through desert and mountains.

2008 01 08 Me terrified - The bus goes in a massive convoy. Ours was relatively small, consisting of only 190-ish buses. Here, Sara is foolishly watching the traffic.

2008 01 08 Bus Buddies

2008 01 08 Roadside Scenery

2008 01 08 Tower

2008 01 08 Sugar Cane Cart pulled by a donkey

2008 01 08 Family Homes

2008 01 08 Egyptologist in Full Flight

2008 01 08 The Nile

2008 01 08 Sleeping through the Educational Stuff... in my defence, we did have to get up very early that morning.

2008 01 08 Statues of Hatchepsout

2008 01 08 Statues of Hatchepsout 2

2008 01 08 Maquette of Valley of the Kings

2008 01 08 Tickets

2008 01 08 Entrance to the Tomb of Ramases the 4th

2008 01 08 Valley of the Kings

2008 01 08 Details of the Tombs

2008 01 08 J's illegal pic. The one rule is don't take pictures inside the tombs. I got caught by a very stern Muslim guard who threatened to take our SD card, but we managed to talk him out of it.

2008 01 08 Hassan the Egyptologist and His Stick at Hatchepsout's Temple

2008 01 08 Hatchepsout in Drag. She is often depicted in masculine clothing, likely to enable her to assume a male role as Pharoah of Egypt.

2008 01 08 Mountain, Temple and Me

2008 01 08 Hatchepsout's Scarab

2008 01 08 J at Hatchepsout's Temple

2008 01 08 Hatchepsout's Giant Puzzle

2008 01 08 J, Sara and Hatchepsout

2008 01 08 Hatchepsout Carefully Erased by the ruler that followed her.

2008 01 08 Traditional Boats on the Nile

2008 01 08 A Somewhat less traditional Bulldozer on the Nile

2008 01 08 J in the Nile

2008 01 08 Jewel of the Nile

2008 01 08 Smooooch on the Nile

2008 01 08 Fly By of Luxor Temple

2008 01 08 Entering the Karnak Temple

2008 01 08 Amon Ra as Virile Ram

2008 01 08 Amon Ra as Ram

2008 01 08 Karnak's Massive Walls

2008 01 08 Amon Ra as Wise Lion

2008 01 08 Karnak Pharaoh

2008 01 08 Open Papyrus Column

2008 01 08 Obelisk

2008 01 08 Hieroglyphics

2008 01 08 Karnak Column Arcade

2008 01 08 Karnak Column Tops

2008 01 08 Karnak Column Detail 1

2008 01 08 Karnak Column Detail 2

2008 01 08 Karnak Column Top

2008 01 08 Karnak Column Arcade Closed Papyrus

2008 01 08 Karnak Ankh

2008 01 08 Double Obelisk

2008 01 08 Obelisks. These are each made of a single piece of granite and are 30m tall!

2008 01 08 Obelisk Upside Down

2008 01 08 Karnak at Sunset

2008 01 08 Why don't they look more impressed by what he has to say?

2008 01 08 Obelisk

2008 01 08 Karnak Legs

2008 01 08 Karnak Bas Relief

2008 01 08 Melvin the God of Indifference

2008 01 08 Karnak Broom. Sweeping the desert is a real make-work project.

2008 01 08 Karnak Rams and Pharaohs

2008 01 08 Karnak Side Building

2008 01 11 On Our Way Home From Egypt

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