Dazzle

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Cairo Egypt

I could have gone for the female belly dancer who definitely dazzled the guys, but I found this performer dazzling.

Tuesday Treasures

Tom the backroads traveller hosts this weekly meme. 



November 2007 - Cairo Egypt

More Egypt treasures.


We visited Luxor when we were on the Nile cruise in Egypt in 2007. It was quite spectacular and the size is immense. It was late afternoon when we visited.

Luxor Temple Dates from around 1392 BC.

It is close to the Nile and laid out parallel to the riverbank. The temple was built by Amenhotep III (1390-52 BC) but completed by Tutankhamun (1336-27 BC) and Horemheb (1323-1295 BC) and then added to by Rameses II (1279-13 BC).

The temple area now known as Luxor was called Ipt rsyt, the "southern sanctuary", referring to the holy of holies at the temples southern end, wherein the principal god, Amun "preeminent in his sanctuary", dwelt. His name was later shortened to Amenemope. This Amun was a fertility god, and his statue was modeled on that of the similarly Min of Coptos.

 

I spotted these kids watching us from a nearby school.

In the distance as we left Luxor.

Once we got back to the ship a few of us decided to check out Luxor before dinner.

By carriage.

Back on board for dinner. Cool looking label.

Entertaining servers.

After dinner entertainment, a whirling dervish.

A belly dancer.

John providing more entertainment.

Tuesday Treasures

Tom the backroads traveller hosts this weekly meme. 

I am reposting this from 2014 as it is fun to re-read some of our travels.

November 2007 - Cairo Egypt 


These photos are from a dinner cruise we took in Cairo on the Nile in Egypt for a friend's surprise birthday dinner.

Our flight from Hurghada on the Red Seas had been delayed eight hours so I didn't think that we would make our reservation. However, our guide was so amazing, when I emailed that we were dealyed he moved our dinner reservation to the later sitting and ensured that the surprise birthday cake would still be available. With a few minutes to change we were on our way to the ship.




Arriving at our destination - The Pharoh

Boarding the ship

Inside

 Once the entertainment started I stood with my camera and just kept shooting.

Here's a quick video clip