Abu Simbel Travel Blogs

Abu Simbel is an archaeological site comprising two massive rock temples in southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 290 km southwest of Aswan... The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as …

Today started at 3:30 am...yes, that's right 3:30 freakin a.m.  Ouch.  Not so easy to get up.  I think I got about 5 seconds of sleep. We joined up with a long convoy of tourist vehicles guarded by the tourist police who have some lovely little automatic weapons..yee haw.  It wa…

[Camera & Egypt photos finally returned to me and updated (13/02/09)] It's still my first day in Aswan.  Does that make any sense?  Ya see I arrived here at 14.00 and it's now 23.15 and I'm already stretching and waking up.  Oh boy, this will be...has already been a loooong day.…

We woke up early anxious and excited for our short plane ride to Abu Simbel where we get to see Ramses II and Nefertari's Temple.Although we didn't leave on time due to several people who overslept and were hungover from the previous night, we arrived at Aswan's airport with 30 minutes to spare bef…

My alarm is going of really early in the morning - actually I am not sure this time can be described as morning - it is 03.15. I am more used to go to bed at this hour than getting up it is unnatural to get up at this hour. But there is no other way - I want to go to Abu Simbel temple and if yo…

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We had a 3am start to drive ~400km south, nearly to the Sudanese border, to visit Abu Simbel. The tomb was amazing, carved into the mountain side with a 33m high entrance way, with two seated gods, each 20m tall, on either side of the doorway. The large tomb was devoted to Ramesses II as Pharoa…

Abu Simbel is so huge that you can see it clearly from an airplane.  It was moved piece by piece from it's previous location to where it resides now because of the High Dam flooding everything when Lake Nassar was created.  Abu Simbel is dedicated to Ramesses II and all his glorious accom…

fantastic history & culture

Egypt is a treasury of ancient "relicts".The 2 weeks I spent here with my friend Pavel were full of several things: unforgottable experiences, "hassle" by the merchandisers, beautifull sceneries, heat, sun and dust, nice and even annoying people. What it wasn't? Definitely not boring.

Egypt and other places I visited on the way to and/or from Egypt.

From Luxor to Aswan on the Nile, in 6 days. Wauw. One of my favourite trips I've made in my young life. March seems to be the ideal time (not too hot, not too crowdy). Made an additional trip by plane to Abu Simbel. A cruise on the Nile is an exceptional experience. The environment is amazing. But watch out for the food...! ;)

Although we did arrive in Aswan late in the evening (after we were asleep), we left at 3 in the morning for Abu Simbel.  This was an optional part of our tour, and we had to pay a little extra for it, but it was well worth it.  After all when are we going to be in Egypt again?  Since…

Of the recollections I have of the uproar over the creation of lake Nasser, the most vivid was the one over the threatened inundation of the temples of Ramses II and Nefertari at Abu Simbel.  The more famous, the temple of Ramses II, is most notable for its four huge statues of that pharaoh ad…

A las tres de la mañana se nos despierta para coger el conboy que sale hacia Abu Simbel a las cuatro y media. Un minibús nos espera. Completamente inadecuado para un viaje de 280 kilómetros, sin espacio para las piernas, sin reposa cabezas y lleno hasta la bandera, nos hace presagiar otro viaje …