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Dec 3: I landed at the airport in Cairo, Egypt at 11:00 pm. This was the first day of my 7 day trip which started in Cairo and ended Kom Ombo. I arrived very tired, but it was really hard to go to bed because I was so excited to be in such a strange and different land than my home in Holliston, Massachusetts.

Dec 4: I awoke to the sun peaking through the shades beating down on my face. We were staying at a Marriot hotel. We took a bus to a small port along the Nile River. It was very modern there were fast food restaurants and movie theatres just like back home. We boarded our cruise ship for the first day of the actual vacation. Our room was small but nice and I was surprised to fine that each room had its own TV. I was stunned how modern everything was. The ship also had a pool in the sun on the top deck, it was amazing.

Dec 5: Another hot day. I don’t think it ever rains here! Our boat stopped at dock in a small town in the middle of the sprawling dessert where there people. It was very densely populated. Many people were wearing robes and light colored clothes, (I assume because of the sun. We went to a nice restaurant with many people in it. I tried some of the local favorites, they were very spicy and I didn’t like it so I had a cheese burger. After we went to the market, many people were selling spices. But also there were many people selling beads jewelry clothes and cloth. After we went back on the boat and waited for dinner.

Dec 6: yet another hot day. We were docked in Luxor. I awoke sweaty and hot. So I took a shower and got dressed for breakfast. Today we were going to see the temple of Ramses the II. After we ate got of the boat and went to see the temple. We road camels, it was very fun and adventurous. We arrived at the temple with bagged lunches because it was lunch time and we were out in the middle of the dessert. It was stunning there were four huge stone statues of Ramses. Our tour guide said that they were over 3000 years old. He also said that one statue was 65 feet high and 16 and one half feet wide. We looked at them for a long time marveling at them.

Dec 7: We docked at Esna for one of our three days. Of course it was still very hot. Today were were going to be going to the temple of Khnum. This temple was made for the god Khnum who was creator god who was believed to have created the Nile River by the Egyptians thousands of years ago. We arrived at the temple at 3:00 P.M. This temple was bigger than the temple of Ramses the II. It had large stone pillars on the outside and on the inside it had many Hieroglyphics.

Dec 8: We sailed from Ensa to Edfu. It was just a regular hot day. Today we were traveling to the temple of Horus. I woke up and had some breakfast and watched a little TV, Later that day we road Camels to the Temple. We arrived at 1:30 with the hot sun over our heads. The temple of Horus was vey similar the temple of Khnum but it was made for a different god. Horus was a falcon head with a human’s body; he was the god of the sky and the sun.

Dec 9: Today was our last full day on the expedition. We sailed from Edfu to Kom Ombo. I woke up got dressed and head out to see the town. We walked for hours through the town looking at the stores and stalls and shoppes. After that we went to the temple of Sobek and Horus. It was one temple divided into two parts. One half was for Sobek, a good who had a crocodiles head and a human’s body. He was the god of Crocodiles power and fertility. They used the other part of the temple for worshiping Horus who, as you know, was the god of the sky and the sun. After exploring the temple we went out to dinner at a fancy restaurant.

Dec 10: Today was the last day we spent in Egypt. It was sad but I missed my home in the U.S. I got ready to go home. I packed my bags and said goodbye. I head for the airport where I took a plain that went for Kom Ombo to Spain then back to the United States.