Today was Valley of the Kings and Hatchepsut's Temple Day. YAY!
We started out the day taking a boat across the Nile to catch our bus to the Valley of the Kings. On the way to the Valley, we stopped at the Colossi of Memnon for a photo op.
At the Valley of the Kings, we went into 4 tombs: Tutankhamun, Thuthmosis III, Tauset/Sethnakht, and Ramses III.
Me and Kate at the entrance to Tut's tomb...sweet!:
The steep, crowded entrance to Thuthmosis III's tomb:
When we left the Valley of the Kings, we went to Hatchepsut's Temple, which is actually a re-construction of the original temple. Only about 5% of this temple is original. If you look to the right of the ramp leading to the second terrace, you will notice it is about 4 feet higher than the left side. Oops:
Some of the group, enjoying some of the original hieroglyphs at the temple site (on the first terrace):
The ramp to the third terrace. Only a couple of people from our group went up there, it was so hot, we wimped out:
After Hatchepsut's Temple, we went back to the ship. We were sailing this afternoon to Edfu. 
The cabin crew had a talent for folding towels. This evening, we had kissing swans:
That night, we stopped in Esna to go through the Lock and Dam system there. Here is a shot of everyone waiting. Don't we look excited?
Entering the lock:
Belinda
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