Dream Trip 2009

Great Travel Moment

My husband and I traveled to Egypt for a two week visit. I love all things Ancient Egyptian and have wanted to visit Egypt since childhood. My trip was made more spectacular because I experienced it with my husband, my best friend. We did not use an escorted tour, but traveled rather independently. We met contacts at each location, who handled our paperwork and arranged our individual visits to historical sites. While we were in Luxor, we visited the west bank of the Nile River where royal tombs and mortuary temples are located. We also visited the small village of Old Qurna, where many of the simple houses and shops have been painted with colorful depictions of the inhabitant's pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca. In recent years, the Egyptian government has moved the villagers to a new development called New Qurna. This was done to provide archeologists and tourists access to Old Qurna and the tombs below.