The Temple known as Kom Ombo is actually two temples consisting of a Temple to Sobek and a Temple of Haroeris. In ancient times, sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the river bank near here. The Temple has scant remains, due first to the changing Nile, then the Copts who once used it as a church, and finally by builders who used the stones for new buildings.

The town of Edfu is a City located on the west bank of the Nile 56km south of Esna and 105km north of Aswan. On the way North, we only moored briefly, and we didn't visit the Edfu Temple. We were expecting to visit this on the back back.

Once we departed Edfu, we had to past through the Esna Lock - and the dozens of 'boat-sellers'. The sellers were actually saying cloths (not Boats, Ahem!). They would throw the cloths onto the boat deck (sometimes 4-decks up), and then start to bargain away. This is where you can tell the good hagglers from those who haven't got a clue.

Anyway, the order of getting through the lock seemed to be pot-lock, but we were told that there was an order of some kind, like you picked up an invisible ticket from the counter and waited your turn. It was the lock-authority in control, and we ended up waiting for almost 2 hours (which wasn't bad in comparison - as this was a quiet time!) Anyway, we made it through the 2-locks, so upwards we went!

There was an Egyptian-Themed Evening on Day 6, which involved a Galabian Party.

The early evening event started with a traditional Egyptian Belly Dancing followed by "Whirling Dervish" performance. Amazing stuff!!

The Colossus of Memnon (known to locals as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. When they say massive, they really mean it, these are two amazing sandstone statues!

The Valley of the Queens holds far more than graves of queens. High officials had been buried here before the first queen. In addition, royal children were buried here next to the queens. There are 80 tombs all together, most are closed.

The tombs were built according to patterns from the Valley of the Kings, but on a smaller scale.

The Temple of Deir El-Bahri is one of the most characteristic temples in the whole of Egypt, due to its design and decorations. It was built of limestone, not sandstone like most of the other funerary temples of the New Kingdom period.

The Temple was built for the great Queen Hatshepsut (18th Dynasty), to commemorate her achievements and to serve as a funerary Temple for her, as well as a sanctuary of the God, Amon Ra.

The Valley of the Kings stands on the west bank of the Nile, across from Thebes (modern Luxor), within the heart of the Theban Necropolis.

The Valley of the Kings is a valley where for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the kings and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom.

We took a Hot-Air Balloon flight - early on Day 9 of our holiday, where we took a boat ride to take us across from our current East-Bank location to join the Balloon on West-Bank.

The right took over an hour, and was an amazing flight over the West-Bank, across the Nile - viewing some of the amazing sights that we had previously visited, and then onwards to the East-Bank. We had a magical sun-rise, and we had a few occasions when one of the fellow Hot-Air Balloons create an Eclipse of the Sun as we travelled...

The Karnak temple complex, universally known only as Karnak, describes a vast conglomeration of ruined temples, chapels, pylons and other buildings. The complex is a vast open-air museum and the largest ancient religious site in the world. It is probably the second most visited historical site in Egypt, second only to the Giza Pyramids near Cairo.