Egypt
- Travel: Nile Cruise
The Sydney Morning Herald (Ian McKinnon) About 40 Australian tourists have just disembarked a Nile River cruise ship and are standing on the concourse of the magnificent Temple of Horus at Edfu, completed in 57BC to honour the falcon-headed god Horus,...
- Travel: A Cruise On Lake Nasser
The Observer (Daniel Hartmann) Having been put off the idea of a Nile cruise by traffic jams of cruise ships and crowded tourist sites, the writer opted for a cruise to see the monuments salvaged from the rising waters of Lake Nasser during the rescue...
- Travel: Touring Egypt
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/3/10/lifetravel/17006220&sec=lifetravel "One of the highlights is a relaxing sail on a felucca (traditional sailboat) down the Nile. The simple wooden boat uses one main sail made of cotton and...
- Travel: The Nile Cruise
http://tinyurl.com/raaxx (market-day.net) A better than average travel article explaining what can be seen on a Nile cruise, and putting it into historical context: "The main draw to Egypt is the legacy of the Pharaohs and the Greeks and Romans who ruled...
- Beyond The Nile Cruise
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/14/AR2005101400882.htmlAn article about visiting Egypt as a tourist: "It may be some sort of mummy's curse. Nearly all of us who visit Egypt will find ourselves on a Nile cruise. But it...
Egypt
Travel: Nile cruise
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/3/10/lifetravel/17102919&sec=lifetravel
"We checked into a luxury cruise ship with five-star facilities for a three-day cruise on the Nile to Luxor. Old, romantic paddle-steamers like the Karnak in Agatha Christie’s novel are a rare breed these days. Most of the boats plying the Nile are motor-run cruisers. But the view stays the same. We sipped cocktails on the top deck and watched the languid, rural life slip by – mud-brick houses amid lush, green fields and farmers hard at work.
Along the way, we stopped at different temples – the Temple of Kom Ombo, double, sandstone temples devoted to two different Gods – Horus and Sobek (built by the Ptolemies and completed by the Romans), Edfu Temple (the most well-conserved temple in Egypt built between 237 and 57BC) and Temple of Luxor (erected in 14th century BC).
Fortunately, we were always one of the first groups to arrive and managed to have a guided tour around the temples before hordes of tourists descended."
Along the way, we stopped at different temples – the Temple of Kom Ombo, double, sandstone temples devoted to two different Gods – Horus and Sobek (built by the Ptolemies and completed by the Romans), Edfu Temple (the most well-conserved temple in Egypt built between 237 and 57BC) and Temple of Luxor (erected in 14th century BC).
Fortunately, we were always one of the first groups to arrive and managed to have a guided tour around the temples before hordes of tourists descended."
- Travel: Nile Cruise
The Sydney Morning Herald (Ian McKinnon) About 40 Australian tourists have just disembarked a Nile River cruise ship and are standing on the concourse of the magnificent Temple of Horus at Edfu, completed in 57BC to honour the falcon-headed god Horus,...
- Travel: A Cruise On Lake Nasser
The Observer (Daniel Hartmann) Having been put off the idea of a Nile cruise by traffic jams of cruise ships and crowded tourist sites, the writer opted for a cruise to see the monuments salvaged from the rising waters of Lake Nasser during the rescue...
- Travel: Touring Egypt
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/3/10/lifetravel/17006220&sec=lifetravel "One of the highlights is a relaxing sail on a felucca (traditional sailboat) down the Nile. The simple wooden boat uses one main sail made of cotton and...
- Travel: The Nile Cruise
http://tinyurl.com/raaxx (market-day.net) A better than average travel article explaining what can be seen on a Nile cruise, and putting it into historical context: "The main draw to Egypt is the legacy of the Pharaohs and the Greeks and Romans who ruled...
- Beyond The Nile Cruise
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/14/AR2005101400882.htmlAn article about visiting Egypt as a tourist: "It may be some sort of mummy's curse. Nearly all of us who visit Egypt will find ourselves on a Nile cruise. But it...