Memories of my 2005 travel in Egypt. A journey along the Nile river

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October 3
Egypt Air Lines The plane is waiting for Leonardo da Vinci to reach that long awaited goal. The flight is calm, without sobalzi and air pockets. The plane is not bad though I've seen better. The service on board but is very good, nothing good to say. The courtesy shown to all visitors. After 4 hours we Luxor, tired of the trip but happy to have arrived in a land of wonderful and always sognata.Veniamo airport and taken with the facts we transferred buses docking of ships, which are actually huge rafts of well - prepared. We are welcomed in an excellent manner diverted immediately to our rooms for a shower and then in the dining room where we suffered on that fateful encounter "international cuisine".
White rice, chicken and beef. During dinner we are shown the travel diary, our trips and times of panic, the heel lift and a variety of means to be taken.

October 4
The alarm of the first day is not bad, at 6:00 we have to find room for a good colazione.Alle 6:30 we are ready to return by bus to Luxor and visit the great temple dedicated to Ammone.La fabled guide us, we enchants her with stories about this huge tempio.In reality are two temples, walking one realizes it to be inside the temple of Luxor and then to come to the temple of Karnak a vast expanse of columns that characterize the place. The colonnade is spectacular, 134 columns, leaves us breathless, hieroglyphics, colors, different shapes, papyrus and lotus flowers, a show which visited earlier in the morning leaves you open-mouthed. Surpassed the columns, you can see the mosque of Abu el-Haggag, while there is also the height of the sand that engulfed the tempio.Una curiosity on a column at the top we find an inscription "1820 Italian Carlo Vidua. Carlo Vidua was a traveler / explorer / collector Turin, who was struck Egypt. So I was impressed that he wanted to make a gift in Turin, the Egyptian Museum the most beautiful and largest in Europe. But the real curiosity is the date, in 1820 Italy still did not exist.

October 5
The first step is always in the temple of Hatshepsut coach. Arriving by bus up to a distance, then get off and bring a kind of train that takes us to the gates of the temple, they go down, and we go to shelter under a shed and sat listening to the guide that explains the structure that seems to eye much more modern views of the ruins so far, and in fact most of the temple was rebuilt. The temple is composed of three terraces / column set against the natural rock, the last terrace, the highest is connected to the shrine reserved for the gods Hatshepsut, the first queen of Egypt. Actually, the temple does not leave his mouth open, at least to us, has left a somewhat bitter taste in the mouth. On the second terrace one can see two chapels, dedicated to those south of Hathor (goddess of music, poetry of love) and the North dedicated to Anubis (God of the dead). Here you can see the beautiful colors is still accessible despite the sun and the time that passes inexorably. We walk up on one of these contraption and return to our bus route to the Valley of the Kings
We arrive and descend from the bus, the sight is not the best. The show that will be. A vast desert with small holes that descend down, doors that seem burrows, however, are the tombs, the tombs of kings guide us to sit under a small roof because the sun was beating hard. Li explains the shaded area and what we're going to see, and above all, why not come with us inside. Tells us that they will be very hot and very humid and can not stop to explain to prevent someone feel bad. In the valley have been found so far 63 graves. The first encountered is the tomb of Ramses VII. We enter and understand what he meant to guide, soffoca.La Our day continues with difficulty, we are not used to this heat, you can breathe easily, the air is not stuffy, but the sun bakes your skin fiercely. We return by bus and directs us to the ship to meet us where we find a welcome surprise. Taking a small towel in warm to pass on her face and neck, like a paradox, but in less than a minute the heat was past. We serve lunch and then back out right away to visit the temple of Edfu dedicated to the god Horus. But this time we do not go by bus but in a carriage outside the vessel we find a slew of carozzelle with horses striminsiti who are struggling just to breathe. The coachman, a boy of just 18 years ago to guide us, we explained that a building disaster is nothing short of the local hospital, and that right there is more to the stadium of the team locale.Ci fun and make acquaintance with this Men who explains that the horse is his only source of livelihood for the family. We arrive in front of a huge parking lot, but there are no buses or cars, cars all lined up just hung on the bars. Over the railing a group of children are asking bic pens and hats that we bring to shelter. I approach, I have the BIC or pencils, but gladly gave him my cap baseball.Arrivati front of the temple remain esterefatto by his greatness. All the exterior of the temple is covered with bas-reliefs great, the effigy of Horus holds the two sides in its full height. Entering this temple is something special, you are entering the temple of the falcon god. Horus was the god of the sky of light and goodness, he defeated Seth (his uncle) god of evil and darkness.

October 6
The day begins very early on October 6. Wake up at 4:30. We must be ready by 5:00, at 6:30 we have a flight that will take us in the most fascinating of the world. Visit the temple of Abu Simbel.Il unlike the flight arrival is a bit shaky. The flights leave something to desiderare.All 'airport there is a bus waiting for us, this will lead us to the first dam at Aswan. Arrived go down and look at the masterpiece intended by President Nasser, who for a few months did not have time to see it opened. We are the first to appear before the 4 Pharaohs carved in the rock. 20 meter tall statues built by Ramses to honor three great gods, Amun Ra and Ptah. The temple of Abu Simbel, however, has a fascinating history that goes back a long time ago, but only about 40 years ago.

October 7, 2005

The previous day was so exhausting morning we lasica freer solito.Sveglia at 7:00 of the day should be quiet and go to visit the Mosque of Ali and Mohamedd the Giza plateau.
Arrived with the bus in a parking lot begin to descend on foot to walk to reach the Citadel with its mosque Mohamedd Ali. Here, in contrast to the sites previously visited the atmosphere is different, we are besieged by children wanting a gift pens or hats, or sellers of souvenirs. Here the police are very strict with those who approach the tourists, do not tolerate anything, for reasons of security and work, the cops are watching us from a distance and when someone came up to propose something to sell, the officers approaching and menace away the vendor. We enter the mosque and women "too low-cut and handsome" are made to cover with a green screen delivering entrance.

For the complete diary of the trip http://idiaridiviaggio.blogspot.com/