2009-5-6 month Egypt travel notes III

1 June morning cruise King Valley in the West Bank of Luxor, Queen Valley, Hart cheppe Sudal Queen statue Temple, doors, afternoon agriculture Luxor Temple, the East coast of the Kanak Luxor Temple stay ArabesqueHotel

Luxor-length is in Aswan and Mr.

M, the cost is £ 20 USD/person, including the East Coast, West Coast tickets conceit (price little expensive), we own a taxi to the East Bank of Luxor, and then the trip will be a lot cheaper than in the West Bank, we have three more lazy, plus large package packet, considering that there are guided tours, accepted. Morning, 8 tourist bus on time to meet us (rare on time), the guide speaks with an accent of English, tell us about Luxor, King Valley and other attractions. Minibus with our luggage, in the hot sun of grilled, staggered to King valley entrance tickets 80/40LE, additional battery car costs 4LE. In fact, this little value, 4LE car battery is opened from the ticket office to ticket office that short 200 meters of the road, you can directly go past. Into the ticket office, even if the real into the Valley of the Kings. Don't want to get the King Valley and our Qin tombs, the scale is far from being so great, just when the thousand years earlier. A little wild, pressing against my 40 + Pharaoh's Tomb, crowded, throw stones distance can go across three Pharaoh's Tomb (flower arrangement, you can not miss being thieves are crowded together, with the goal of more pronounced AH). Tickets to tour three Tomb, similar, three are sufficient. Open tomb often changes, LP on recommended three Tuthnosis III, AmenhotepII, Horemheb did not open. That day we recommended by guide chose one, La VI and IX. La a shortest walk, but the color as new murals; la VI King Valley known as the Tomb has saved the best and clearest colours; la IX have frescoes King Valley's most beautiful ceiling. Sakaltutan scammon's Tomb additional purchase of 100/50LE, routong, didn't go, at the door took some photos of the occasion. La II's tomb is not open, in renovation, according to the guide due to later Pharaoh is fixing his tomb to waste on the heap to La second stolen Tomb, so that damage to serious. Tomb Words, La second life fame or powerful vibrations, hehe, but died 20 years tomb was stolen, the last also been metazoan descendant as dump, judged him down to know old Springs will turn this stubborn to suoming. This guide also very funny, business obviously not skilled, often in seriously endorsement, big eyes blink not blink and air-seriously. In La VI tomb door suddenly heard Chinese for explanation, excited, looked back and an Arab guide speaks with obvious Taiwan cavity, mouth speaks of transverse foam is High, even the sentence at the end of "Oh," words are full of charm. Tomb of indoor are strictly forbidden to take pictures, but the reception has a complete set of photos for sale, good quality, 30LE per set, you can keep as a memento.

In the Valley of the Kings, the toilet is stopped to tips, touch a half a day to find a 1 LE, asked him to two individuals can, he said no.

To borrow a LE is in. When you see a foreign woman ferocious and back to the tips of the gatekeeper to a No, straight and go inside, I sigh I Chinese people really Ah.

Hart cheppe Sudal Queen Hatshepsut Temple and King Valley intermediate only across the top of a hill, is not very high, many have suggested that everyone travels turnover in the past, the way you can province Queen Hall tickets 30/15LE, but now apparent difficulty.

Mountains on either side of the establishment of a sentry, can not expressly marked crossing, if you do not want to get a gun child, or discard it.

Hart cheppe Sudal Queen, also known as hot chicken soup Queen (hotel front desk taught me, Hatshepsut was too hard to remember, but pronounced similar Hot Chicken Soup).

Gossip, hot chicken soup for the Queen to marry his own brother figure-Morse II (ancient Egypt in order to maintain the purity of Royal descent, father to marry his daughter, sister married brothers of DIME la second five Queen in three was his daughter), and then after her husband died, assisted young step-figure-Morse III, Thutmose III, soon over. In her death, step-comeback of the hot chicken soup for the Queen of all trace of nullify all, including the Queen's Palace. Therefore, you can see the three-storey structure of Queen Palace is on their sites after recovery, many of which have not yet found broken column is ring stone in place, waiting for the fix.

It was so hot that the whole car people agreed to abandon the Queen Valley, and tour guides and drivers are happy, then they take two envelopes, a driver, a marked tourist guide, let us put a tip, displace people paying for something.

On the way back to Luxor, passing the door farmers like, feel free to take some photos.

Back to hotel at noon, afternoon tour of the Temple of Luxor on the East Coast.

The car we have been sent to ArabesqueHotel, Mr. M recommended is known as the 3-star hotel, triple room 120LE. Hotel a building looks is a tea house, no guests; second floor looks is a restaurant, there is no guest; climbed to the third floor there are rooms only. We live on the fourth floor, room is spacious, old window type air conditioner like older man like cough at work, good enough to cool in the wind; when electric water heater, burning an hour of water, only one bath. The hotel is old and much of Aswan Hothor has a spell, its only advantage is the location. From the Luxor Temple, McDonald 's, post office, markets, both near the railway station. Out the door, turn right and about 100 meters away, at the opposite side of the cross street is the Luxor temples, then turn right is McDonald 's, McDonald's to a junction, across the street is the Luxor Bazar, however the road then turn right to first pass the post office, then is the railway station.

Out of the hotel, turn left to go to the first crossroads, right near a restaurant near the left Egypt, a fruit shop.

Three people have rushed to the hotel to eat roast pigeonChild, roast pigeon-filled with rice, kebab, etc. Roast pigeon-paste, dried meat, roast pigeon very filling meal inside rice is mixed with noodle (Egypt features), far behind China's roast pigeon with delicious. But my point of vegetable soup scrumptious, thick mutton soup with carrots, sweet floats with the beans, peas, diced potatoes, suffuse, add some green lemon juice taste so praise. Oven General hot noon, eat meals are baked, I feel their nostrils are to fire. To juice, one to one cup of sugar cane juice, ice cold cool 1LE sweetness to irrigation, Shuang-turned off.

Hangzhou small husband and wife noon went to McDonalds small probability of recurrence, the table again later.

In the afternoon, minibuses that 2 points to next, wait for 2 cars to get on the go, then, did some road, Pocket car parked in the Hotel Royol House, Uganda to black big brother.

The Hotel looks clean, bright and spacious, the front desk price for a double room, triple room 260LE 200LE, don't know hostelworld reserve will be cheaper. This black brother let us wait is 1 hour, the African people's sense of time really must take to improve it.

Kanak Temple ticket 70/35LE is in Egypt see biggest temple, numerous Pharaoh to show God's love, the team they strived to expand the scale of the Kanak Temple, including La II, La II his father, hot chicken soup for the Queen and step are the temples have been brick plus added.

The guide said, God is going to leave, so Pharaoh and built the Temple of Luxor, and up to 3 kilometres wide roads will be taken together, so that God stealing by Shinto slipped to Luxor Temple rest. Of course, today the Shinto has disappeared, in order to achieve the Luxor built the world's largest open-air museum, Luxor Mayor of dreams are assigned staff to retake it.

Kanak Temple more pillar Hall must go and see the huge stone pillar, 134 root pinged occupy the entire Hall.

Watch carefully, you will find channels on both sides of the first row of the column visible than in the second row of high out approximately one metre, the second row of the column at the top of the top high about one metre of the stone fence. According to the Guide, the ancient Egypt people think light projection through a fence, a large hall with light and shade staggered, very beautiful. Through the triple Tower door, you can see two tip Square Tower, one of the root is at the top of the wall down, breaking the wall directed at the sky, the landscape is very weird. This Apex Square Tower belonging to hot chicken soup Queen, she died, her step-will completely destroyed buildings, but can't really tear down this dedicated to God in the square Tower, so use it surrounded the perimeter wall, out of sight for the net.

South of the temple is a Lake, the Lake has a scarab stone carving (shikelang!), in Egypt, this is a sign of happiness, it is said that around it clockwise to go 7 ring can achieve mind meditation.

We cannot honestly on the island, around seven times, I just don't remember is clockwise or counterclockwise.

On the day of the last stop is the Luxor Temple.

This temple is surrounded by low illumination, and surrounded the history of Egypt, for there is not much of one, if I wait, look from the railing on the panorama is sufficient.

June 2, Luxor Museum, Grand Bazaar shopping, night squint as El Sheikh Resort occupancy Maritin Julie

Woke up, leisurely in the restaurant on the second floor ArabesqueHotel ate free breakfast, brooding good morning shopping, go to the Museum, in the afternoon to catch the airport at night.

Entered the gate, to the left of Luxor is a straight paper Sedge, quite large storefronts, inside the picture quality is also good, seeing it is not the kind of rough in print can be seen everywhere, the banana peel.

We chose a lot A3 size sheets of paper, no picture, then leave it, the owner did not recover. May not be the season that very few people in the market, many small shopkeepers are boring chat at the door, saw three of the past, a horse-back chatting up, is Japanese, Korean, Chinese graffiti guess, or How old you are, or where is your husband? Tired of annoying, we go out, don't remember after a wedding ring in hand. Morning little harvest, the legendary overlooking the Luxor temples of McDonald 's, point the servings of vegetables, tuna salad, but also your incomparable bad tax collection. But McDonald's in the air conditioning is strong, plus there is free wireless Internet access.

From McDonald's to the Luxor Museum, taxi 5LE, ISIC international student ID card and touch a nail, staff said that, in addition to ISIC card, any card can be half, was so angry that we blow browbeaten.

Furthermore the Museum opening hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the evening of 5 points to 10 points, 2 more to get there, take a look at the full price 80LE 40 minutes of small museums, no value. Then continue shopping to return to the morning market, Luxor home straight, continue to cut grass, the shop's brother mathematics is not very good, small K bought his 8 picture, counteroffer 65LE, he readily sold. To me the same size 13, also to 115, or die wouldn't sell, said losses. My Halo, so talk to him as a small leaflet art money than expensive K, he groaned consent. At harvest, everyone bought many things, silver necklace our carvers, sand art bottle, cream stone of what dew and a cat like Egypt. In Egypt to buy things must have patience, wear mouth, vigorously shake hands with Pat shoulder make friends + brothers + sisters.

See Tao sister shopping offer let's eye-opening, taxi from Museum back to the market, the Road stopped a car drivers offer 30LE, or Tao sister catch up yet, okok to drill to the car, I and small K hurried her pulled down and continue straight in punches; grass, I have 13 picture, brother has already fallen to 140LE, Tao sister is very good at to pinch a pinched paper head

That is to say "I cry 150LE" father called mother next to her down with fascinating skyscape, fortunately, people tell me didn't catch; a silver shop, she saw a our carvers, boss take down the pinch in your hand, then beaming at the boss doesn't speak, boss also beaming, she doesn't speak, flirt, flirt, silent louder, I could not bear it next to the bizarre atmosphere, drink a "price", as is clear as a Bell Tower sister asked: "how much?" ...

In the evening, I went to the Raiders on the Chinese restaurant, the legendary potatoes, beef stew, plus a salad, the boss also chased out of the question do you want in the salad with green pepper, afraid I do not eat chili.

And so a small beef stew, potatoes will mount a small stone bowl of steaming-side up, scooped the soup juice mixed into meal, delicious, is salty. Potato stew terribly, beef is also very crisp, occasionally eat Eggplant to block, happy feeling. In Aswan, Luxor eat vegetables so difficult, it is no wonder that in my Size here is very slim, but people. This shop was also like many of the bars in Tibet, a guestbook, a lot of Chinese people in the above message. Beef and potato Salad 6LE, Tagen 24LE, not taxes.

Back to ArabesqueHotel took the storage of luggage, such as cars then we go to the Airport (with Mr.

M long for good car 50LE to airport, we can play in the street, the street let are the most 30LE). Hotel boss told me on the sofa small talk, he said to open China Hotel, a recently going to China to study, I laugh at them not eat pork, no pork in the dining room will be able to Chinese restaurant. When he told me to tip, down, I accompanied him on a chat also give refuses to leave a tip.

Luxor airport is quite new, better than Cairo.

An hour later we arrived at the Sharm el-Sheikh, beginning on the day of the corruption. From airport, taxi and airport service desk asking price 90LE, too expensive and out of the Terminal Hall to call. Taxi in line, here a clear division of labor, it was responsible for driving, a specialist is responsible for about the price, finally also to 60LE. In fact, we can not hire a car at the airport, the airport is very small, a few steps from the gate road, you can hire a car to cross the road go up, it should be much cheaper. And our evening, stranger, discuss raked didn't slaughter.

Accommodation in Julie Ville Resort resort hotel, hotel Avenida is divided into two pieces, one side close to the beach, known as the Sport Area, close to the tennis court.

We are not to rely on the Beach House, living in the Sport Area, you want to send with the waiter car battery. Rooms are many small white Villa, room is very large, spacious bathroom and shower, room has LCD TV, can receive CNN, Star, Movie channels, a return to the civilized world feels better. Services of the garrulous Survivor tells us how to use the air conditioner remote controller, TV remote control, how to use them, I said yes, and then he smiled "Oh, these are Made in China". I also laugh.

Lying in the civilized world a soft bed, climbing Mount Sinai to see the Sunrise ambitions evaporated, said, the remaining two, just like me and if you have a change of heart, and decided to stay in Sharm el-Sheikh corruption.

June 3, Sharm el-Sheikh Beach corruption

Morning in the hotel's casual shopping Shopping, a spring day, but for the Sun, in the desert surrounded by feel.

Eat the rich breakfast, three men came to the hotel's private beach to find three bench lie down. The three of us will follow Pergola shadow moving on the edge of the Chair, one Sun-foreigners are bright red, chasing the Sun moved his chair. Mr good sunscreen, stepping into the sea. Surprisingly, here's some of the biting cold seawater, far better than Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia of seawater to cool. Really do not know that the Sun's heat is gone. Unsteady trembling when out of water, the water is very clear, very blue, not far from the shore can see flocks of fish. After the Sea began, the Gim in coach, a great bunch of people in the water, extending the kick off of lumbar, and also in a different language called I, II, III, English, French, Arabic, I also teach you Chinese, huh, huh. With that a bunch of foreigners stay, I turned out to be one of the most white, come back in a look at the photos, but I'm white.

On this day the remaining time, free time on the beach, big night and ate dinner seafood dinner.

June 4, Sharm el-Sheikh continued corruption yacht sailing snorkeling

Breakfast, 8 point arrived onstage waiting car meet us to go snorkeling.

The runs are in the hotel's Sports Center, 50 dollars, go to Mohanmed National Park snorkeling, including equipment and lunch and beverages. Was in the streets of snorkeling Center also asked price, cheap, about 180LE can get, but I think the arrangement with hotel safe. The car we received a Terminal, a look, Wow, just like a big Bazaar, various tourism hotel guests are concentrated here, packed into a different vessel departure. It seems that in the streets of snorkeling excursions like centres, is also sent to the focus here, so we look for if you come, cheap set, too. The boat will be docked Mohanmed National Park to three different snorkeling spots, which takes about 40 minutes to be snorkeling 1 hours. Indeed, the coral and fish here far and we in Thailand Pipi Island snorkeling see many beautiful and the water is cold. Just next to the beach is very special desert scene.

June 5, Sharm el-Sheikh flight Cairo Cairo Asfour crystal factories in the afternoon, Han · Khalili market live Gloria Hotel

Today you leave Sharm el-Sheikh was reluctant.

Morning in the restaurantTo bring out before leaving, the hotel has a free shuttle to the airport. Bus in one hour before departure of the aircraft, such as the Hilton at the door for a delay to the European foreigners, 10 minutes from Sharm el Sheikh airport is 30 minutes prior to closing this said, therefore, estimated 15 minutes into it. The aircraft overflew the Sinai Peninsula, the Earth never left sight, Sinai Peninsula looks were bare barren Red Mountain, the sea around it, the color from blue to light blue gradient.

From Cairo airport to the city of Gloria Hotel (Hangzhou small husband and wife recommended, just next to the liberation square, cheap, fairly clean, air-conditioned) 50LE.

The front desk to discover Egypt's Word has yet again shown, I telephone reservation, have repeatedly stressed is 115LE triple room with air conditioning, here became 150LE triple room, front desk for the home, phone manager, this person should have persistence is 150, I call to him when he afraid of English 15 and 50 minutes, special emphasis is 115, not five zero. Angry, drop off a circle, didn't find it better, crimping anger to live down. The House is very old, smallpox is particularly high, the full 45 meters, facilities for simple, fairly clean. The front desk were very nice, also painted map tell us on which side of the subway.

In the afternoon, we went to Asfour Crystal factory to stroll around in a circle, Hotel-Crystal factory taxi 20LE, crystal factories can credit, be careful that you saw much of what is possible without inventory, it's a good idea to find a help desk to check inventory.

Finally defeated the 700LE crystal.

From the Crystal factory to Han Khalili market 20LE.

Suggested that they must be written in Egypt, many taxi drivers do not know English, counter-offer through the handwriting to also. There are go, it's best to let the locals use Arabic help you write it down, more convenient. In market failure the perfume, perfume bottles, card racks, refrigerator magnets, and other gadgets. Market closed late, estimated to more than 12 point.

June 6, Egypt Museum afternoon flight back to Shanghai

The Gloria Hotel in the morning in the balcony for breakfast, TV screen is static, the ear is much entirely Mullah prayer song (do not know how to describe this sound, rhythmic patterns of hum), sang over an hour, in Egypt, heard everywhere prayer, morning, noon and evening, the timer goes off, the deafening.

A meal of Kung Fu, should have two contingent to a photo, it looks like us, Asia faces here really rare.

Hotel taxi to El Bo 5LE, Museum can't take a camera, the camera can be free left luggage office.

To buy tickets, ISIC card has to be turned away, a thought of the bag there was a national identity card (from Hangzhou small husband and wife, the strongman of the public with Hangzhou has in addition Abu card usimbe outside all got student ticket), shot in a table, told them that it wasn't in China's student ID card. Buy a ticket for the give my card let's pretend touch looked like a half-day, tore the student ticket give me 60LE.

Thiebaud, first floor, basically follow the s clockwise piling up, a lot of things in the major temples are seen, not so surprising.

Conditions for poorly Thiébaud, air conditioning, hot and muggy, and many collections are not used to cover a child hood, allowing visitors to touch to climb, but the family heritage too much, take care not to come too normal. Many collections have no English identity, had to guess to see. However, kennametal's statue even without instructions, we will not miss, long and thin man's face, and neck following the feminine body paintings, in combination with the very strange, is worthy of the different religious sects Pharaoh. As well as her wife, deneffe mention outstanding statue, only one eye, aside today also seem a bit thin skinny girls.

Tomb of tutankamen hidden in the second floor, is one of the largest audience in the exhibition hall, his mask, the throne, the mummy of triple Center, Center of the internal organs are magnificent.

The second floor there is also a Royal mummies Pavilion, additional tickets 100/50LE, here my ID card and sent on a tricky, huh, huh.

The door, pull the two mummies in the most obvious location, very black, very dry, like a skull on the outside of the package a layer of black skin, nails, hair in good condition and some yellow, read the description to know la was the second old dental disease and joint disease, hair is dyed with vegetable dyes, yellow, huh, huh. Ancient Egypt who love make-up, look at that great ears knew, ran a hair is not unusual for Kazakhstan. Mummies around also put some small plastic sealing bag, inside some hair, cloth like objects, presentation, La second Mummy sent to France to repair period, the website someone open sale la second hair and shroud samples in Egypt Government strongly protest, France to the illegal sale of forfeited and returned to Egypt, where next to the La second Mummy.

Mummies have hot chicken soup, Queen Hatshepsut is one of 40 to 60-year-old female with a mouthful of bad teeth.

I looked almost laugh, sure enough, there's a flat flat mouth, teeth most disappeared.

Royal mummies Hall, La II and his father's talk, his son (what's the name I forgot) round round; hot chicken soup for the Queen and her husband and step-also in the same room, I do not know these rivals who have notified under spring very idea.

One o'clock, in the Museum entrance on time met Ahmed, we to put him to lend our cell phone back to him.

This good man has borrowed a cell phone to us, also help bought rushed value piece of local SIM cards to us, contact us. Lunch he carries us to the Cairo Al Azhar Park in a Restaurant called Citadel View, very elegant, here are the Park, Egypt-buffet is quite good, but come to dinner but also buy Park tickets 5LE.We are free, you can go there to corruption.

Consumed meals quickly back to the hotel, take the luggage all the way to our kuangbiao Ahmed to airport.

Along the way saw a pile of traffic accidents, a car from down on the viaduct, accidentally wiped in the streets along, Chow click turned, a group of Egypt who cries from the side of the hold of the past, I could lament "original Egypt and Chinese people like to watch it," CHOW click, Eyelash, Dolly was the man turned back. This is true than I expected, people were still very good long and simple, and we saw the destinations that are utterly different traders. Of course, our man is so Ahmed hospitality.

Into the customs, arrived at the gate, you find also some pieces of money not used up, just get thirsty, so he bought a bottle of mineral water, drink a side to check in, I didn't expect to be stopped down, said to be the airport of water cannot be bought on the plane, it's Halo.

Not to waste, I stood in the checkpoint, the checking of the woman so daft I watched all irrigation chug ingest. Finally on the plane, I found myself really don't want to vacation on this end, let me stay longer.