Category: Egypt
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Luxor – The Living Museum
If Cairo is chaos, Luxor is reverence. The temples aren’t ruins -they’re scriptures in stone. From exploring Karnak, where pillars rise like a stone forest, to Hatshepsut’s Temple which cuts right into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari. And then the Valley of the Kings where beneath the arid surface, tombs of pharaohs lay cool and…
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The Falcon God’s Fortress – Edfu
The city of Edfu is another major historical site covered as part of the Nile Cruise. When going from Aswan to Luxor, the ship docks at the banks of Edfu in the early morning hours of the 3rd day. But reaching the actual temple site feels like time travel. A horse-drawn carriage whisks you from…
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Thunder in Stone – Abu Simbel
If Egypt was music, this would be its crescendo. This was Day 3 of the Egypt tripWe had checked into the Nile Cruise the previous night, and technically this was just a pitstop before the cruise could set sail. This village with a meagre ~2000 inhabitants is famous only for the grand historic site which…