In Egypt – visit Pharaoh and his sons were used to live nation 05

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The first chapter 04: take a trip on the Orient Express to Aswan

Orient Express

Car seven turns eight abduction came to the station.

Trip plan is in the evening take a train to Aswan. This is from the famous Rameses central train station pick-up, but here we saw the day is found and the railway station, just know we are in a small car. When asked, Nana guide our train will arrive Aswan, and Nana tours said: 8 pm-departure before 8 o'clock. But then added a sentence: "no may advance to; punctuality that is rare; in General, do not know when to". All Halo ing, this is the concept of time Egypt? after 16 hours of aircraft journey, is also a day of play, coupled with the fall of the time difference, mission, some of them began to worry that a train will not be able to sleep.

But immediately after the allocation for all tour guides Nana train box, when talking of "two men a balcony, but listen to her, the XX and ZZ almost certainly that's the legendary Orient Express.

Orient Express, this is a synonym for luxury train, Belgium produced in this kind of "Orient Express", from the 19th century operations began, is the European royal family, Lords of the limousine, government officials, renowned reputation.

But even more Orient Express fame large vibration is the murder on the Orient Express ", a reference to the movie, think big detectives Poirot; but when it comes to santopolo, of course, will think of another film, that is the tragedy of the Nile. These two films are based on United Kingdom novelist female inference · Agatha Christie novel of the same name.

When boarding platform is less than 7 and a half point, the platform has a lot of people are waiting for the train.

There is a group of people of colour are black people dressed in unknown soil green uniforms, also are waiting for a bus, we jokingly speculated that perhaps this is the modern society of Nubian mercenaries? waiting times are pulled in a lot of train, bus stop, when there are people on the platform, but most have no Windows, car or vague odor lighting, we cannot help but also for ourselves to train look worried. The book, go to Egypt the many types of train, buy no vote to the dead, this dialect. XX boring in the platform, several snack bars go up again.

Finally, we want to start out of the train at 8: 15 or so bound.

Train appearance do not see something, and even can be used to describe the stages. But when the train stops, the crew from each section of the doorway, XX mouth smile and grinned. Big crew with light green satin jacket and dark pants, wearing a green tie with white gloves, smiling standing in the doorway, trains constantly at the bottom of the white smoke against for XX felt as if from the other end of the time and space brings this legendary train.

We discovered after boarding row 20 mission almost a car.

Two person room with balcony, comfortable sofa seating, equipped with toiletries and towels of exquisite dressing Cabinet and racks are hidden in the seat of the opposite wall. Lounge Chair opposite is a folding table, lift the desk plate becomes a generous on the dining table, foot can accommodate two people comfortably side by side. The car started shortly after the smile with JP conductor to our dinner rushed over, dinner is grilled steaks, fish, rice, bread. But accidents is in addition to the XX and ZZ, peer other people think it is good to eat dinner. Thus, on this day, ZZ and XX is the official peer staff to "pig" and "pig wife" of the title.

Dinner out, where to sleep only a sofa Ah, never * # # percent. ...

When the crew to put away side plate and into the room, the wall of key air a operation, immediately becomes a sofa bed, flat-top and down a bed, hidden behind the sofa a ladder light up in the bed. In this way, a room with two comfortable bedrooms comes as a soft bed composition!

After a full wash (said to wash because washing pool water with hot water, ZZ's BT washing heads ~ ~), ZZ and XX changed lay down anran, pajamas and want to chat, suddenly heard the next couples with the mission to bring instant noodles-boiling water thing debating, suddenly remembered the murder on the Orient Express "on the lens: great detectives Poirot in pajamas standing washing pool mirror humming shave, hear next couple quarrel, then heard screams, murder.

Hee hee ~ ~ ~ nature will not be murder, but it's a Lenovo, increasingly find themselves living in a film set in Ah ha ha.

To lie in bed reading self-help books, found on the Orient Express fare for first class room 55 USD per person, it will be well worth it ~ ~ ~ ~

Train in a rhythmic manner into, XX eyes as the wheel of a one-of, slowly entering my sleep, of course, is a night of dreams.

Single on sleep quality, this train is 6 stars.

5 in the morning, the sky has already turned white.

The wash, the toilet, two people sitting in front of the window, daft window looking scenes. Old small housing, tall coconut tree constantly from our eyes. Flakes green grain, an ownerless maize, sorghum, sugar cane. Dawn, wrapped scarf, wearing the robes of Egypt Uncle took the horse to walk in the field. Approximately 6 points, the train in an unknown station stop on, ZZ old out note the bus stop is like a mutton on same Arabic text. See the new change a light blue dress of Nana tours, asked that station is Al Boyd. Presently, the conductor handsome guy sent breakfast, drink coffee or tea can be selected, the standard Western-style breakfast.

Take advantage of the car has not yet arrived, everyone is struggling and beautiful set of tour start chat Nana magnetic.

Suddenly, Nana swears never speak of XX said: you know, I've seen you many times. You must be the first time in Egypt?

I don't & &% $ @ #% ...

Is not it? XX shocked nearly went back over gas: does I will in future have a crossing to when? wow on here!

In the dreaming room XX, trains arrive Aswan, bow Watch: Egypt time 9 a.m., still not too late.

ToFile Temple, the Aswan Dam and unfinished Obelisk (November 17)

Carrying luggage out of the platform, has seen a marked with the same "TRAVCO" signs of the bus waiting for us.

We began in Egypt on the second day of the journey. Today to see content that is: Filemon Temple, the Aswan Dam and unfinished Obelisk.

Car out 30 minutes later, came to a big waters.

The wharf, we boarded a boat in the water in a small island. Island waiting for us is the first stop today: Filemon Temple. Departure of the local "Nubian", belongs to the black, Egypt is one of the main species. Nana tours in the car very nosy said there was a Nubian tour on her "very good", but she thinks he's too dark, "if I were and he had kids, someone asked me, I dare say this is a friend of children", Nana think really far ~ ~ ~ ~

FileMon is covered in the Temple of nature bafile Island, but we went to the island is called Filemon Island, called aghil Chiana island.

Why?, Egypt in 1902 built the first Aswan low dam blocking the Nile water when submerged the bafile island; later, in the 60 's the construction of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt, Philippine Les temples almost entirely be submerged. In order to protect these precious relics from damage, sponsored by UNESCO's coordination, the Government of Egypt will bafile Temple torn 45000 block stones and 100 more root carving columns, in 1979 the entire Temple moved to outlying bafile Island 1 km far from aghil Kiya, according as it is on the island.

A landing on the island, the eyes immediately by a piece of clear color fill, this color as if only the electric city of TV-like Cabinet will have seen before: the blue sky, Sun, Golden Holy temple walls, green plant, bloom pink and white triangular Tome.

To Egypt for a few days after we also visited many beautiful temples, left my overall impression is solemn and strong, and the Temple of the gorgeous bafile and special, like decorations in Nasser Lake in a Pearl.

Listen to Nana tour details, to actually bafile Temple is composed by several temples.

The largest of a temple is the Temple of iciz, nature worship is to represent the beauty and fertility goddess of iciz, Ptolemy II fee plataea Fabius (Ptolemy Philadelphus Ⅱ) built. The oldest is Nick Brittany cloth II King (N e c t a n e b o Ⅱ) Temple, he is the ancient Egypt Pharaonic times last dynasty, the last Pharaoh of 30 dynasty. In addition, there is a goddess worship Khater Temple and for the Roman Emperor Tula really when you rest on islands sacrifice of Tula's booth.

Iciz temple walls carved with painted iciz and his husband Osiris story (Egypt's most famous fairy tale AH), Temple side of the column has been damaged, but the other side of the column is relatively complete, you can see the top of each column of a root of pattern is different.

XX noted Temple statue has many traces of the man-made damage, Nana guide said, partly because the temple before sinking into the Lake, also partly because in Roman times, Christians have fled south received persecution, lived in the temple, because Christians do not worship the God, damage them.

Hear here, can't help but feel a bit sad XX, this is a later spread to the lands of religion, but makes this land of people forget this belongs to their ancestors and spirits.

At this point, the Sun is higher and higher, diabolical.

XX busy yesterday in Khan Hariri market to orange red scarf block enclosed, repeatedly not always Wai in place. At this point, Nana tours offered to give me Wai, XX very cooperation stood her operations, orange red in the face of the constant chaos. "Good!" Nana nodded, XX proud thrive, think this could become the authentic Arab women, didn't notice ZZ aside faint faces and Nana behind a face bad laugh. Leave the bafile Temple, our car to the Aswan High Dam. Cough cough, Aswan, Aswan Dam must mention AH (say like I really understand, in fact, are now speculating is sold), the dam that was the pride of the people of Egypt, it is Egypt in 1960, with the assistance of the Soviet Union, to begin construction was completed in 1971. After the flooding of the Nile is no longer built, but also led to better than the original fertile soil. Dams are formed in the South of the world's second largest artificial Lake-Nasser Lake (Carl Internet checked out: the world's largest artificial lake is Africa Ghana's Walter reservoir). I heard that the dam had been destroyed, large hydro has been flooded to as far back as a thousand kilometres away in Cairo, the dam has a heap of Garrison, gun-play, dared to take pictures.

Down from the Aswan High Dam and the weather is hot is a bit much.

Winter is the scale, summer hardly imagine it. But soon, the car to the next station: Obelisk quarry. Obelisk is the ancient Egypt's other masterpiece, is apart from the pyramid, the most ancient civilizations of Egypt distinctive symbol. Obelisk form is Spire side columnar, bottom-up are shrinking, top likeness pointed pyramids. Gold, silver, copper or alloys packages (of course, now see Obelisk has been invisible to the silver and gold), when the Sunrise photos to Tablet-tip, it was as bright as the sun shone. Obelisk's four sides are carved pictographs, usually built its written, this Obelisk was Pharaoh, for example, want to offer to do what God, wanted to recognize their own achievements, Ah, what what.

Egypt-south of Aswan is rich in granite, has always been important in the history of Egypt, a mine operator became a production base of the Obelisk.

Nana guide said: ancient Egypt who spent seven months of time to complete an obelisk, then take advantage of the Nile floods whenFurther along the River to the North of Egypt, using unique technology the obelisk stands up (this legislative technique, Obelisk now scientists, was a fan).

In the quarries, the legacy of an unfinished Obelisk, its three sides has been carving out, leaving the bottom not separated and mountain but perhaps because the calculation error, the Obelisk of a fracture in the paragraph, makes this project falls by the wayside.

The unfinished Obelisk is the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh of the female bovine X Al-Xie spectrum Sudal masterpiece, if it be built is Egypt's largest Obelisk. This sister really is ideal!

Stone carving and Cola

A morning tour of the hot sun exposure, let XX on Cola produced crazy illusions, rubbing the Aswan High Dam and bought large-iced the Classic Coke zero and to drink, 10 El points to.

Cola on the Arabic text, funny and interesting.

On the road, and Nana tours took us to a handmade stone carvings of the shop visit.

The shop door are workers to us manually stone carving craft. Shop, we see all kinds of fabulous stone carving craftsmanship. Have full use of ancient Egypt engraving of saponite, Snowflake Stone relief with paint, soft and colorful line. But the price is amazing! a piece of A4 paper size to snow stone relief price $! ZZ expand a hard bargain on the offensive to $ 110, cut each other, it is still not let go, had to give up routong.

The Nile and luxury cruises

At two o'clock in the afternoon, we arrive Aswan Nile river pier and landed on our five-star cruise ships.

Excited Ah ~ ~ ~ we'll start Nile Cruise Tour! received key backward to our room, standard room, it is a floating hotel! long form opened the floor, it is calm.

At this time, hid a sense of time has finally come.

In the afternoon, at its own expense, multiplication road part members (Arabic dhow mean) to Elephant Island, XX and ZZ are to wash your sleep.

Wake up, is the setting sun.

XX and ZZ boarded the boat deck, watching the silent terminal outside eg soft twilight, not far from Elephant Island of aristocratic tomb stone Pavilion at the top of the clear in the evening in the silhouette outlined alone. Exotic Ah ~ ~ ~ ~

Watching the sunset sky West Nile one high and one low suspended two bright stars.

This two stars in the US after a few days of travel in the Western evening sky. At that time, I do not know what the stars, go back to China after the overheard of 2 December News describes a given (right photo), the parties know that the two stars is Venus and Jupiter (low brightest is Venus). In early December of 2008, "Venus and Jupiter" sky. Sky "hop", meaning the same as right ascension, both distance reached recently, like the stars of "the most intimate appointment". Coincidence, when 1 December of the fourth lunar month, in the evening, from the Venus and Jupiter not far away from the Western Sky, hanging a Crescent, opening just on metal, wood and two star, like a smiling face. The day's after hours XX, along the edge of the path the rise office building in the West, as seen in the dark sky, the stars and the Moon smiling face to the XX knowing smile. Five-star cruise on not only provide three meals a day, free afternoon tea, swimming pool, there is every night. Our on Board of the first night of the party is a belly dancing and Sophie major dress dance.

Sophie large skirt dance is actor, dancer dressed in colourful circle skirt, kept in the drum rotation, speed quick, slow, circular skirt like waves roll, led array.

Belly dancing, and we think it's not exactly in, imagine in belly dancing mother should be a body falling full spangle Bell, galloping up pleasures and moving, but in fact this is not entirely. Iguana in the stomach of jitter is very clever work good, but really don't know there are others where can attract people. Obviously no Beijing Brazil's belly dancing barbecue.