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Day 73: It was here, at the Temples of Karnak, that our guide introduced three concepts that have come to define our archeological experiences in Egypt.
The first was “religion”. This referred to the religious context of most of the scenes depicted in Egypt’s archeological wonders, its funerary monuments and its temples.
The second was […]

Days 71-72: It’s sometimes unfairly said that cruise ships are for the newly wed and the nearly dead. As Kate and I still fall into the former category, we were perfectly qualified for two days and nights of luxury travelling from Aswan to Luxor.
After arriving in Aswan we took a look at the various ships […]

Day 71: In Edfu, halfway between Aswan and Luxor, we visited the Temple of Horus just as the sun was setting for the day. It was a mighty sight, architecturally imposing and impressively intact. Entering the temple we walked through the magnificent courtyard, into successive rooms with walls engraved from top to bottom with hieroglyphs […]

Day 69: We’re back at the Hurghada bus station for the Upper Egypt Bus Company. The previous day we’d endured a crossing of the Red Sea in which our high speed boat lurched dangerously from right to left as it was tossed by extreme waves, some higher than the boat itself.
Attempting to board the […]

Day -8: It probably wasn’t until Kate’s folks came back from Egypt that I was really sold on the idea of including it on my list of places to go this trip. In 2005, Roger and Roz embarked on their own multi-month globetrot which took them past the statues of Easter Island, the Aztec ruins […]