EgYpT day #5

Our second day in Luxor was sweet!
we started off with taking a motor boat ride to KARNAK TEMPLE. no big deal.
oh man- there is so much i could say about Karnak. It is massive, almost everyone in Egyptian history added onto it. it was breathtaking. One of my favorite parts was the carving with the city of Judea on it. this showed that there really was an Exodus and the Israelites established a city (Jerusalem) and that the Eyptians attacked it. we barely scratched the surface on what there was to see at Karnak. just layers and layers of history there.

from Karnak we took a carriage ride to the LUXOR TEMPLE. i loved this because it was not only fun but very symbloic. every year the ancient Egyptians would take the exact same route we took from Karnak to Luxor Temple. they would take an idol of their god Amon and carry it to the other idol of Amon at Luxor- the point was to restore the Karnak Amon's kingship. the route they took was lined with sphinxs. so i just reacted that. pretty legit!!!!!!!! i liked Luxor too- i thought it was interesting to see Alexander the Great's contribution, Ancient Christian and Islamic additions to it over time. all these relgions all saw the Luxor temple as sacred.

then lunch back at the hotel and free time! which meant a nap, shower and reading by the pool..... and getting thrown into the pool.... fully clothed....... twice. thanks james, dan, jonathan, and brandt. hahaha

that night we had a traveled back to Cairo via MIDNIGHT TRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! harry potter egyptian style anyone???? the train was the ultimate Egypt experience which everyone should do. the train was run down, creepy, dirty, crummy food and I LOVED IT! we had ssssooo much fun. we all crammed into the tiny compartments and bed, ran from car to car, and even filmed a mini movie. murder mystery on an midnight train to cairo. you can't get more classic than that. and at 4 am we woke up in Cairo!

so in the past 48 hours i traveled by:
1. plane
2. taxi
3. bus
4. carriage
5. camel
6. train
7. boat