We took a tour to the West Bank on our last day in Luxor after our Balloon ride. I thought we would start the tour straight after our ride but apparently we were driven back to Hotel and the guide would pick up us again. Our guide for the day is a very lively and…
A hot balloon rides in Luxor will take off early morning as the pink and orange hues of the Egyptian sunrise would begin to light up the sky. You would be soaking in the view from hundreds of feet above the magical Valley of the Kings. It has always been one of the most magical…
We were not planning to watch any Opera when building itinerary for Egypt trip. However in the middle of planning I came across a posting in Trip Advisor about Opera Aida comeback to Luxor and they would be playing on 26 and 28 Oct in Luxor. I was so excited because we would happened to…
We visited Karnak Temple after we checked out from our cruise and checked-in Winter Pavillon, our home for the next 2 days in Luxor. The weather was still cool that morning when we decided to just walk to Karnak Temple as it was only 2.9km from our Hotel and there was a nice pedestrian walk…
We originally planned to visit Luxor Temple only after we checked out from the cruise. But in the morning when we went to Edfu temple, Hassan told us that the boat would reach Luxor late afternoon and it would dock there. Knowing this and we actually had nothing planned we asked Hassan if he was…
Kom Ombo and Edfu Temple are both temples people visit along the classic Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor or Vice Versa. KOM OMBO TEMPLE Kom Ombo is the most beautiful at sunset and is the only temple apart from Luxor Temple which stays open until 8.30pm. Our cruise MS Opera was scheduled to arrive…
Nile cruise and Egypt has always been a bucket list as I grew up with Agatha Christie books. When I first browsed about Nile Cruise, the standard packaged will be 4D3N from Aswan to Luxor or 5D4N from Luxor to Aswan. I didn’t have much time in Egypt to be spent on a 4 days…
Abu Simbel Temple is located in the Nubia region of Egypt. Overlooking the emerald waters of Lake Nasser, are the two ancient pharaonic rock temples of Abu Simbel : the Temple of Ramesses, beloved by Amun and the Temple of Hathor and Nefertari. The temples are a magnificent examples of ancient Egyptian art and draw…
We dedicated Day 2 to explore all the important Pyramids in Cairo. For this we had to arranged transport and a guide. Waleed was able to arrange this even though he is based in Aswan. We were supposed to be picked up at 7 am but there were issues with Cairo road with the ongoing…
Flying from Jakarta to Cairo Lucky and I flew to Cairo from Jakarta using Garuda/Etihad transiting in Abu Dhabi. Departing Jakarta 17.55, transit in Abu Dhabi 3hr40min and land Cairo 04.35. We were so excited as we never travel together for a long holiday so we got to airport very early and had times to…
