4/15/07 - Day 5 - Vally of the Kings

Today was a Really early start. We were on the bus at 6am heading out to the valley of the kings. It gets HOT here by 8 am. We first went to the kings tombs. We visited Ramses III, Ramses 9, and Ramses 4. You would NOT believe it. Although the gold and jewelry are all gone, you are still captivated by the wall paintings. Each one telling a story. And to thing this all the original coloring used by the early ancient egyptians. You just stand in awe of the depth of the tombs and catacombs deep inside the mountain side. While there I also visited King Tut's tomb. It was small and the only thing left is the granite tomb with the golden sarcofigus AND mummy still inside. His is small because his reighn was short. After leaving there we visited the Temple of Hatshepsut. Lokk this up on the internet. Very impressive. She is the only queen that was a Pharoah. Now on to the valley of the Queens. We wanted to see the tomb of Queen Neferiti, but hers was closed. They rotate the viewing of the tombs so they don't get worn out. Here we saw a tomb for one of the children of RAMSES tHE SECOND. Guess what its finally 1030 am and we have to get back to the boad because we sail at 11 am. We are starving and lunch isn't until 1230. So now we are all sitting in thw sun by the pool, burning up. Thw sun is very hot here like in Kenya. Relax time for the rest of the day. I think most everyone will be napping by 1. Nothing for now. Hope all is well at home. We have heard and read about the bombings in the countries close by. Keep in touch. Later. Anna