Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Karnak Temple

We made it to Luxor went directly to the cruise ship and then started a day tour. “The temple of Karnak is the largest temple complex ever built by man.” This is a direct quote from the Best Destinations of Egypt in our room. The temple sits on 64 acres and is absolutely huge. We only went on a very small part of the overall temple. I ventured off from the group to get a few extra pictures. At one point, one of the guards pulled me aside. He was like come here, come here. My spidey sense started going off, but what the heck. We went through a corridor and he pulled back a restricted area bar and let me go in. He said, “one minute”. I quickly climbed the stairs and had an amazing view of the temple. A few pictures later, I headed back down to the guard with an open hand. He was paid well. I caught up with the rest of the group. The second picture is from the secret spot.

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