Egypt/Jordan Adventure: June 25th-Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples

We begin our day we a wonderful breakfast and a smooth cruise on the Nile River, it was so smooth we did not even feel the boat begin to move. The scenery is breath taking and it was really interesting to see life on the river. It is a much different place then the cities!!

Our first stop was Kom Ombo Temple, dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek. The temple stands at a bend in the Nile where in ancient times sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the riverbank. When they dug at this site they found crocodile mummies and are currently working on a museum to show them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kom_Ombo The street vendors were very aggressive and eager to sell there goods at this site, so Theresa was very happy to get back to the boat and get away from them!!

After returning to the boat we continue our cruise up the Nile to our next destination, Edfu Temple. In the meantime we enjoy our cruise laying by the pool, having a nice lunch and then massages!!! I felt like Cleopatra as the sound of the river played the music in the massage room and the smell of Egyptian rose oil filled the air. AHHHHH!!!!

We arrived in the city of Edfu and were taken by a horse carriage ride to the site. Edfu Temple is the largest and most completely preserved Pharaonic temple in Egypt, and was built for the falcon god Horus. As we wondered through the magnificent pylon and viewed the carvings it was all we could do to try and imagine what the temple looked like when it was completely painted and the flags where flying high in the front. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Edfu

When we returned back to the boat Theresa went to an Egyptian cooking lesson while Brad had his massage. She was the only female as there were only two other couples on the boat, our new friend Deborah, who is a principal in a British school in Alexandria, and a group of 19 German Engineers who where training people in Cairo to build wind turbines. It was interesting since none of the Germans spoke any English. Later we had an Egyptian Night where they served Egyptian food and we dressed in Galabeya's for the occasion. We had many laughs as we danced some of the traditional Nubian dances with the staff.