Abu Simbel

We were all to receive a wake up call from the hotel front desk at 3:45am, meet for coffee or tea on the second floor, and leave at 4:30am. Unfortunately, we didn’t get our wake up call, until they wondered where we were at 4:35. We rolled out of bed, and checked the time at 4:40, and its a good thing we had all our stuff laid out because we were able to get down to the bus by 4:50. After a 2 1/2+ hour drive, we saw drove across the Aswan Dam, and then got to visit the amazing reconstruction of Ramses II, where in the 1960’s and 70’s they cut and transported two amazing structures that were going to be flooded by the dam. It was easily the most amazing thing we have seen....the actual art and sculptures in sandstone, but also to know that they had been cut up and moved and reconstructed into what we viewed today.Read more