mathampson's entries
Past events
| Date | User | Event type | Event description | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1pm, Monday | flight | to Heathrow from Cairo - I'm back, baby! | ||
| 3pm, Sunday | attraction | Hatshepsut's temple - Totally different to the other temples, it makes a great spectacle from a distance, although there's not a lot to see when you get close up |  | |
| 12pm, Sunday | attraction | Valley of the Kings - One of my favourite visits. A spooky place, with amazingly vivid colours inside the tombs giving it a different feel to any of the temples |  | |
| 8am, Sunday | balloon trip | over Luxor - A dawn ride over valley of the kings, queens, and Hatshepsut's temple. Breathtaking. | | |
| 5pm, Saturday | attraction | Karnak - The big daddy of temple complexes, including the amazing pillared Great Hypostyle hall, and several detailed obelisks |  | |
| 12pm, Saturday | attraction | Edfu - Like a supersized Philae, accompanied by some rightly famous beautiful granite statues of Horus | | |
| 5pm, Friday | attraction | Kom Ombo temple - A typical temple, this time in its original position though, with large expanses of hieroglyphs spared from the ravages of time and Christians | | |
| 12pm, Friday | boat journey | to Miqalla from Aswan - Three days spent on Feluccas, mostly unable to sail properly because of high winds. Relaxing, cold and utterly brilliant. | | |
| 10am, Wednesday | attraction | St Simeon's Monastery - A fun camel ride to a remote and dilapidated monastery, enlivened by an insane guide with barely any English and lots of miming | | |
| 2 February | attraction | Nag Gharb Siheil - A wonder round a Nubian village, accompanied by dinner in one of the houses. | ||
| 2 February | attraction | Abu Simbel - A 2:30am start to cross the desert to two temples for Rameses II and his wife. Again relocated, but superbly done. | | |
| 1 February | attraction | Philae Temple - Defaced by Christians (a running theme it turned out) but impressive nonetheless. All the more so for having been relocated from a submerged island. | ||
| 1 February | attraction | Aswan High Dam | ||
| 1 February | train journey | to Aswan from Cairo - Overnight sleeper train to Aswan, staying up late getting to know the rest of the group | ||
| 31 January | football match | Egypt vs. Ghana - Only watched the first half, in a cafe in Cairo - was gutted to have to leave for the train at half time though. | ||
| 31 January | museum | Cairo Museum - Fascinating to see so many things I've read or heard about, from Tut's hoard to the Narmer palette to Akhenaten's unique heretical statues. | | |
| 31 January | attraction | The Pyramids in Giza - Amazing start to the trip, a wonder of the world on the first morning. | | |
| 30 January | flight | to Cairo - Going offline for 10 days, see you on the other side. | ||
| 27 January | museum | the Science Museum - The monthly 'Lates' evening. Kid free, with bars throughout: A regular fixture from here on | | |
| 27 January | game of football | in Westway - The extra Christmas helpings still making themselves felt, but a bit of goalhanging garnered my fair share of goals |