This morning we are off to see one of the temples that was moved and saved when they built the dams on the nile river. We drove and saw two dams today. The Oswan, …… and then we took a boat ride to this temple. It was located acrosed the inle from where we had docked. This was amazing seeing the detal that was kepted and how every rock had ben restored to it’s orignal place. Whall we were wating to start touring the temp Vick joumped a stone wall like a herdal after Osman had herd about here skiping tryouts for nationals in track to come to Egypt and so he wanted to see here run and joup.

Folowing lunch and a rest back at the boat we went on a nother boat ride on the nile. This one was longer than the one this morning, about 45 min. We concluded our boad ride at a Nubean viliage. Here we got out and went and saw a home there. Many people inour group heled a crokidile. That was very cool! Alos had some Hot hobiskus tea and some people got some tatus doen that last about 2 weeks befor falling off the skin. After this a older man started playing a song for us on a stringed instermint and some of the local childeren started danceing. Befor long about 1/2 of our group had joyned in and we were all dancing around the house singing there songs. This was quite an experence and was a lot of fun!

The next stop was for us to wack acrosed the small viliage to there school. After touring the school and tacking a few photoes from the top of one of the roufes we went down and got on some camals for our ride out acrosed the desert by the Nile river. On the boat ride we passed where the kings are baried for the city there and we also passed one of the light houses of Alexandera where they would light a flame as a worning system. My driver name was Mohmad. We road the camals throu the viliage and then out acrosed a short pice of desert to an out post where we got off the camel. This was realy neet. Was an experience I will not forget. After getting off the camal I scuped up somesand and put it in a bottel to bring back. Then it was back to the boat to tack our ride home. One the way back we pased by Elephen Island and also went by a hotell where all the rolty stay and a famous wright stayed. Then it was back to the boat.

Later tonight I went sweiming up on deack and then sat around and tocked for a while. Then it was off to bed.

This mornig woke up and went down for us to the loby to go for our carige ride to the most preserved temple in the world. We all got in different cariges and road to the temple. It was a lot of fun!! When arived at the temple there was an area where there are many stores with people out trying to get you to by there goods like a market place. After going throu security we went down a nice road made out of stone to the temple. In the very back was the holy of holys that had a statue located in it.

Folowing leaving the temple we all got back in our cariges and road back to the ship for lunch. On the way back our shipe had to undock to let another ship out. So, apon arival back at the dock we had to wate for a little while for it to get back so we could bord.

After lunch we had a leson on how to wright hiroglifics in short hand. Osman our guid touchg us how and we worked out how to do it on our own peaces of paper. We met up in the sittling loung on the boat. Flolowing the lession several of us went up ondeack and played some card games. Folowing a nape we set out on anothr tou and went to a market to bye things.

After my nap I woke up and met the group in the Loby of the Ship to head out to see the Temple here. Heading out to the temple and during the time that we usualy do. Today was the hotest day that we had four our touring. The sun was blayering down on us with the sand off the mountons blowing in our faces. When we first arived we all went into a small room to see a mumifyed crcidile. Flolowing this we started our tour of the Temple. We wen and saw the water well that alowed the pharo to decide how much to carge on property tax based on the watter level. We all also saw the first calinder that is based on Egyped hiroglifics calender. The last and final thing was to see a hiroglifph in the rear of the temple that dipicts how how about the temple being used for medicen and a place like a hospetal.

Once we had compleated our tour of the temple we went down to the maket below the temple to bey outfits for thoes who had not doe so all read for Egyption night on the ship. I ended up doing some bartering with one of the shop oners along the strip of shopes and was able to percous a stone scolpture for a exslent proce. Once we were done shoping we all headed back to the ship to get ready for tonight.

Once I had gotten ready for the party I had one of the workders in the hall help me make a terban out of the couth I had perchoused befor Hochikesoup temple. I then headed up to the loung in the ship to meet for dinner. Here we took photoes of our dress befor eating. It was great fun waching every one all drest up in there outfits. After dinner we all met down stairs in the loby for a group photo on the ships steps. Then it was off to tack canded photoes and other small gorup sots around in the loby. Then went back up and there was a party going on in the loung. There were few people doing beley danceing to music and other things. We all played on game with others on the ship where you eleiminate one person based on when the music stopes and having to get somany people. in your group. This was fun and one of people wone. She wining was to drink some jouse at the bar there in the sittling lounge.

Folowing our time getting photoes we went up on deck and played some ‘go fish’ with Osman. This was a lot of fun. It had now couled off drimaticly and felt great out. We played cards at one of the tables on deck untill crfue and then called it a night.