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Continue reading →: LUXOR-and the Valley of the Kings
We arrived in Luxor late last night…Woke up this morning to the view of another ship…we had heard that they stack ships up on the Nile sometimes 6-7 deep…but somehow it had not filtered into my brain until we were walking through the lobby of several ships in order to…
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Continue reading →: EDFU– the temple of Horus
We spent this morning floating down the NILE… I can still hardly believe that we are ON THE NILE….even after being here for 8 days..it just seems unreal. The Nile is not as big as The Mississippi River was when we were in Memphis, TN…but the fertile area surrounding the…
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Continue reading →: Kom Ombo–the temple of the crocodile god
My friend, Clark, said “every day just gets better”. And honestly this was the most amazing temple so far. I told Max I could just live in it for the rest of my life. It had such a sacred feel..it really touched me in my heart. Here is…
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Continue reading →: Max’s birthday, then back to Aswan
Yesterday we arrived at Abu Simbel for Max’s birthday. What a fantastic place to celebrate a birthday. We arrived from the water, so saw the Temples as they were meant to be seen. This tomb was built by Rames II to glorify himself…he was way up in Nubian…
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Continue reading →: Temple of Philea
Remember you can turn this into a slide show… We are back on internet… hold on for the ride of your life.. this has been so wonderful. I am terrible excited to start sharing with you. This is the Temple that was already over half submerged… it is BIG.…
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Continue reading →: Temples
Seems like I can download from my cell phone. So here are a couple of Temple pictures. It is undescribably amazingly to be standing that close to something that was created 2000-3000 years ago. The paint is still intact. Here is a 3 year old crocodile.. it is a photo…
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Continue reading →: Lake Nassar
I might be able to upload text. Seems like we have a little cellular connection. PIctures are just too slow. Today is Wednesday here. After a terrifically long day on Monday we reached a lovely old boat that cruises around Lake Nassar. Yesterday and today we have been going…
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Continue reading →: Going off grid
no cell phone no internet for 2 days — maybe. Posting now as I’m down to one star
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Continue reading →: Pyramid pictures
We had such a lovely day…..there was a tomb that we walked into…it had the first cartouche ever used– that is where they put a square around the royal’s name. I hope you appreciate my pose. One of the women on the cruise is so pretty and her…

