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The Wars of Rameses III
Journal: Wednesday 27 January 2010 Sam was feeling a little better this morning but we both felt rather lazy after our long excursion yesterday to the Wadi Hammamat. The morning brought more clouds...
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Karnak Kings
Journal: Thursday 28 January 2010 Sam and I had a late night last night watching DVDs on the television in the villa, not getting to bed until after 2.00am. We were both quite late getting up this...
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A Quiet Karnak
Journal: Friday 29 January 2010 Our holiday in Egypt is rapidly drawing to a close, with only three more days before we fly home. During another misty breakfast time on the roof terrace Sam and I...
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North and South of Luxor
Journal: Saturday 30 January 2010 Abdul picked us up in his taxi this morning. I hadn’t seen his old Peugeot taxi for several years, but had happy memories of many long trips made in it. Taxis in Luxor...
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Luxor Finale
Journal: Sunday 31 January 2010 Today is our last day in Egypt. Definitely a sun-worshipper, I’m not looking forward to going home to face the rest of the winter in a cold and snowy landscape. Sam...
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The Desert Road
Journal: Sunday 16 January 2011 The planned early start today didn’t happen until about 9.30am, after a few hours of cleaning the apartment, breakfast, finishing packing up and then loading Abdul’s...
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Sites and Museum of Kharga
Journal: Monday 17 January 2011 I woke up this morning and the sky was once more full of clouds that got steadily worse throughout the day. We even had a few spots of rain later. The Pioneer Hotel does...
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To Dakhla Oasis
Tuesday 18 January 2011 The drive from Kharga to Dakhla Oasis is perhaps the most varied and interesting stretch of the New Valley road. We left Kharga City this morning for the long drive, only after...
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New Blog
I am currently transferring this journal to a new blog from its beginning in 1995 and working forward to date. The new blog can be found HERE The new Reflections in the Nile will feature larger...
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The Old and the Very Old
Journal: Wednesday 19 January 2011 The modern town of Mut is the main centre of population in Dakhla and was built up around an earlier Medieval town, also called Mut. Then there is Mut el-Kharab (Mut...
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A Long Long Drive
Journal: Friday 21 January 2011 Around 11.00am, showered and somewhat refreshed but with amazing images of the White Desert still in our heads, Fiona, Malcolm and I joined Sam and Abdul at the minibus,...
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More Temples in Kharga
Saturday 22 January 2011 It’s just typical – the morning we are due to leave the New Valley to drive back to Luxor, the weather has really brightened up, the sun already hot by 9.00am. We were planning...
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Good Morning Luxor Sphinxes
Journal: Sunday 23 January 2011 We woke in our Ramla apartment to a beautiful Luxor morning, the River Nile sparkling in the early morning sunlight just beyond our little garden. Fiona, Malcolm and I...
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Home Before the ‘Arab Spring’
Journal: Monday 24 January 2011 Early on Monday morning Abdul took us to Luxor airport in his minibus. Watching the steam-like mist rising from the canal alongside the road on the West Bank and taking...
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Revolution
Journal: 24 January 2011 – and onwards On the plane home from Egypt Sam was talking about some Arabic news footage she had seen on TV about demonstrations in Cairo over the weekend. Though we didn’t...
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