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April 19, 2006. Lake Nasser at Abu Simbel. |
The Temples at Abu Simbel were... |
...relocated in the 1960's by UNESCO... |
...to save it from being covered by the water... |
...due to the new dam being built. |
Both the Great Temple and Temple of Hathor were relocated... |
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...210m back and 65m above their original position. |
The Ramses II Colossi seen in this picture are 33m high. |
The Facade of the Great temple. |
Four Ramses II Colossi line the temple facade. |
This is one massive leg. |
View of Lake Nasser from the Great Temple, largest artificial lake in the world. |
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Temple of Hathor. |
Dedicated to the goddness Hathor. |
The temple facade is lined with statues of ... |
... Queen Nefertari and Ramses II. |
Great Temple of Abu Simbel in the back ground. |
Temple of Hathor in the back ground. |
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The broken colossus on the Great Temple occured in a earthquake. |
Carved out of the cliff in the 13th century BC. |
Ramses II. |
Here we couldn't avoid the tourists. |
Queen Nefertari adn Ramses II Statues. |
Temple of Hathor. |
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April 20, 2006. Taking a boat to the Temple of Philae. The Aswan Dam in the back ground. |
Island of Agilika. |
The Temple of Philae was relocated by UNESCO... |
... in the 1960's to the Island of Agilika. |
Western Colonnade leading to Philae's Temple of Isis. |
Kiosk of Trajan. |
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14 columned. |
Here the Romans emperor were... |
...burning incense in front of Osiris adn Isis. |
View of the Temple of Isis. |
The Island was reshaped by UNESCO to replica the Island of Philae. |
Detail of supporting columns. |
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Long courtyard, lined with colonnades. |
Temple of Isis. |
Detailed carving. |
Entrance to the Temple of Isis. |
First Pylon built by Ptolemy XII and Neos Dionysos. |
It has scenes of him massacring his enemies. |
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Inside the Temple of Isis. |
The Temple of Augustus and Gate of Diocletian lie in ruins. |
A view of the Aswan Dam. |
Gigantic unfinished Obelisk. |
Dating from the New Kingdom. |
View of Aswan. |
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Made out of granite quarry. But had a flaw. |
If completed it would have weighed 1.8million kg and stood 41m high. |
April 21, 2006. Desert view from the road between Qena & Safaga. |
Sand, mountains and blue sky. The temperature reached 47 Deg Celsius. |
April 22, 2006. Rescuing the Dutch man on his bicycle. North of Hurghada. |
Suffering from Dehydration, we give him a helping hand. |
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Suez Canal. |
Close to the Suez Canal. |
The road from Abu Zenima to St. Catherine's Monastery. |
Heading into the mountains of Sinai. |
Red Granite Mountains. |
Fox Desert Camp. Having Tea with the manager. |
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April 23, 2006. Walking up Mount Sinai. 3750 steps. |
As the biblical story goes Moses spent 40 days and nights upon this mountain. |
The St. Stephen's Gate. |
700 steps below the summit is the Elijah's Basin. |
The last 700 steps to the summit. |
View from the summit at 2,286m. |
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We made it. Chapel of the Holy Trinity in the background. |
At the top of Mount Sinai Mosses received the Ten Commandments. |
It is an excellent view of the surrounding mountain range. |
Mount Catherine just south west of Mount Sinai is the highest mountain in Egypt. |
The whole area is protected and covers an area of 4,350sq km around Mt. Sinai. |
View of St. Catherine's Monastery at the base of Mt. Sinai. |
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The fortress of St. Catherine's Monastery. |
Founded in AD 527 and thought to be the oldest continuously inhabited Christian monstery in the world. |
Mike giving a helping hand to the locals with our air compressor hooked up to the motorcycle. |
Our camp site at Fox Desert Camp... |
...in the St. Catherine's Protectorate...and Mike hanging out. |
April 24, 2006. The scenery between St. Catherine's Monastery and Dahab. |
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It is very dry out here. |
Amazing Coral Reefs just of the beach of Dahab. |
Very colourful. Reef droping to depths of 50m just of the shore. |
Ruby snorkling along the coral reef. |
Mike even is amazed at the display of colors and ecosystem. |
Unfortunately the pictures don't do it justice. |
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Dahab in the background with the mountain range towering over it just hours before the explosions. |
Under Water Life. |
Dahab Beach Front. |
Coral Reef right of the beach front. |
Where the sea turn deep blue the coral reef wall drops 50m. |
Relaxing on the beach. |
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Leaving Dahab. A last cup of tea with the hotel managers. |
Our Ferry from Nuiweba to Aqaba, Jordan. |
Last to board the Ferry. |
Leaving Nuiweba Port, Egypt. |
Hanging out for the 4 hour journey through the Red Sea. |
View of Saudi Arabia. |
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Saudi Arabia to the left and Egypt to the right. |
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