Egypt Guided Tour - Memphis, Giza (Dec 2004)

After breakfast and a pre-tour briefing, we started our "Wonders of Egypt" tour with a sightseeing trip to Memphis, the capital of the Old Kingdom. We saw a colossal statue of Rameses II and a great alabaster sphinx. We then made a short photo-stop at Sakkara, to see the Step Pyramid of Zoser I.

Our next stop was Giza, to see the famous Sphinx and magnificent Giza Pyramids. Here, we got to climb up and walk alongside one of the Pyramids, as well as climb in to see the inside of another one of these historical creations. At night, we returned for a magical "Sound and Light Show" which illustrated the ancient history of Giza (in English).

Clockwise from top-left: The statue of Rameses II, the alabaster sphinx, the famous Sphinx and Great Pyramid (copyrighted by me, because you need to be at a certain location to take this photo), the Sakkara Step Pyramid, another view of the Sphinx, a lighted Pyramid, ticket to the Giza Pyramids "Sound and Light Show", a lighted Sphinx.

Centre: A picture of the 3 Pyramids of Giza (also copyrighted by me).

Egypt Guided Tour - Luxor and Karnak (Dec 2004)

We took a morning internal flight from Cairo to Luxor. We were brought to a cruise boat in private moorings near the edge of the town. After we have "checked in" and left our luggages in our cabins, we had lunch on board. We then alighted to visit the Luxor Temple (below).

Luxor Temple (middle row, 2nd pic): You need to take this picture from an angle so it seemed like the branches are growing out of its head. :-)


Next we visited the Karnak Temple, constructed over a time period of 1500 years.

(bottom row, 2nd pic): It's hard to resist taking a picture of the "bunny" photo. :-)

At night, we returned to walk through the Avenue of Sphinxes, as we were introduced to a complimentary "Sound and Light Show". We strolled through the Karnak Temple one more time.