Early start again this morning to check out the valley of the kings, valley of the queens and a temple. Yesterday I said I was getting sick of checking out ancient ruins, but today I changed my mind. Valley of the Kings is an area where they built like 64 tombs, carving them into the rock formations of the valley. Some of these went down 25-30 meters and a few hundred meters into the rock...all the passages, rooms, were decorated and carved with offerings to the egyptian gods...only got to check out three tombs and no pictures allowed inside but i think this ranks up there with one of the best things i've seen so far. Valley of the Queens were very similar, but the tombs were much smaller in scale. They actually had one tomb with a fetus' skeleton that the tomb was built for...crazy!
Last night, i stopped at street stand with lots of locals and had a liver sandwich which was amazingly tasty. After packing I wanted to get a beer and went on an hour walk looking for the beer store...one thing i wont miss about the middle east is the missions you need to go on to find a drink! Anyways, taking off for Dahab, a beach in Sinai. Its a 15 hour bus ride so I'm not too excited, but ready for the beach so it'll be worth it. Apparently is really laid back and dubbed the Koh Samui of the Middle East...We'll see about that. Out!
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