Assalamualaikum and Hi!
This post is a part of a series of my vacation diary to Luxor and Aswan during last January. .....φ(・∀・＊) I am documenting my beautiful memory along the vacation while my memory is still fresh-but-not-too-fresh..:P (part 3)
31st January 2013
It was 2.15 am. We
woke up, packed things in and prepared ourselves. Then, hotel check out! Our eyes
were very heavy as we were sleepy. We met others at the hotel’s lobby.
But we still need to wait for all.. Everyone face was weary. We got into bus around 3.10am. However we missed 2
friends who still not get into the bus yet.. haha.. after around 15min waiting,
we saw them with hat on their head. XD lol..
Our bus moved to
the bus meeting area. The trip was a convoy and lead by polices. Many buses were
seen there and we were the last.. hurmmm.. (-_-) We slept all the time but of course woke up on and off.. lol.
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| Pretty sunrise.. |
We reached Abu Simble
temple after around 4-5 hr journey. It was around 9am. Sunny and windy. I saw a little puppy standing alone on the road. Awww.. it was so cute~ i took a picture of it even from far.
There were not many people living here. Only some who run souvenirs stall, tickets, and taking care of this place. So our visit was a blast for them as one of their chances to earn money..;D We walked into the entrance, grab the ticket, and started our exploration.
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| A group of dogs. They were like ancient dogs. -,- |
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| One of the head gone?! :D |
Actually this was not the the real site of the temple as the original site had been submersed under water due to construction of Aswan high dam. The temple disassembled and reconstructed again. I am not good in telling a history but one can check here for any detail.
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| Trying to act like Indana Jones before with that red hat. But, Failed!! Epic!-_-' |
It was nearly 12
at noon. All visitors should finish their activities and traveled. However, we
encountered one big problem----------> the bus was run off solar/gas..
according to Mr John (i don't know what his name, i just called him by the name
of the bus...lol), the bus still had solar but not enough to get to our next place even to the nearest
solar station.
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Discussing with policemen. .
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By the way, the policeman asked him to still drive. We got into the bus and
started to move and stopped before we left the village..:( Mr John can't take the
risk. Thinking of our safety, he asked us to arranged vans to get reach to
Aswan. Yes logically thought, the police car moved far at front, if we stuck
in middle of the hot desert, nobody there, who gonna helped us, or if as robbery case might happened, who
gonna protect us?! >:-0 .. (-''-) .. huuurmmm.. Ok, Allah does. :) hehe.. but our plan for tomorrow's
destination will be ruin !!! Oh my hot balloon adventure!
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| We stopped here with Sudanese people. ^_< |
So, we agreed with the suggestion, got the vans and bye bye-d Mr John. haha.. There were 4 vans. My friends and i got into one and started traveled. I was a bit comfortable as i could open the window. Love the rushing wind blown on my face.. lol. We reached Aswan and continue our journey back to Luxor by another bus. Fuhh.. What a test!
We reached Luxor around 6.30 pm and checked in into a hotel. We had other activity that night. It was 'sound of light' at Karnak Temple. Many people joined. Mostly Egyptian as language used that night was Arabian language. So, we, the smaller creature holding hand and weaving in and out between them. lol.
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| See ! So many people... with camera..:P |
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| Such a colourful night. |
We were very exhausted as it was such a long journey since early in the morning. Aswan-Abou Simbel-Aswan-Luxor.. But i was excited as in the next morning i would have a joyful ride of hot air balloon. Hoyyeah!
