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Travelogue: By Country | By Date Egypt | March 2001  

March 2001- Cairo to Luxor

Meeting some friends from Tunisia, walking along the Nile, and Karnak at night - in the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes

Sleeping on the train to Luxor - ten hours. Passing time. We also amused ourselves by watching the security guards. Farm field, atypically empty Mudbricks and palm trees
Horse carriages waiting for passengers from the train Maggie after a swim Playing with the Tunisian family we first met in Cairo Sheesha, water pipes for tobacco, usually seen in ahwas, coffeeshops, where patrons receive use of a pipe, coals, and tobacco
The maid has a sense of humor. The bug was a gift to Maggie from the hotel in Athens. Unfortunately, one day the maid drew a new face on one of Maggie's animals. Fortunately, Maggie was able to wash the face off. Temple of Luxor Temple of Luxor Felucca on the Nile at Luxor
Feluccas Grains and spices. The closest basket is full of hibiscus leaves for hibiscus tea - karkaday. Haircuts at the barber in Luxor. Even Egyptian barbers have the ballgame on TV The Temple of Karnak at night.
This is probably close to the way it looked in the daytime, since there were only a few "windows" at the top of this room. Mysterious and eerie fallen obelisk of Hatsephsut Some of the statues from the "cachette." Archeologists discovered a cache of temple offerings that had apparently been picked up and stashed when someone did a "spring cleaning." Hundreds and hundreds of stone and bronze figures were in the cache, including these. These granite figures are much larger than lifesize