On our way to Aswan from Luxor, we stopped at two Ptolemaic temples – the Temple of Edfu and the Temple of Kom Ombo.
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Temple of Hatshepsut: Holy of Holies
Our first stop on our tour of the West bank of Luxor was Djeser Djeseru – the Temple of Hatshepsut – an architectural marvel of ancient Egypt.
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We fought off the heat, and more terrifying influencers, to see the temple of Ramses the Great at Abu Simbel as our last stop in Egypt.
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When in Luxor, we visited Karnak and the Temple of Luxor on the east bank and were, yet again, amazed at what we saw.
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The Valley of the Kings on the west bank of Luxor is one of the top destinations in Egypt – for good reason. It may be hot and crowded, but it has some of the most amazing scenes inside its tombs.
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When in Egypt, the first place you obviously want to go is to Giza to see the Great Pyramid of Khufu, but there is so much more to see. We took a day trip to three sites to see the pyramids of Lower Egypt.
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We took a day trip to Cordoba where the star of the show was the Mezquita of Cordoba – a cathedral hidden inside a mosque.
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There are about 2,000 Kyoto shrines and temples. We didn’t visit nearly that many, but here are a number that we did have time to visit.
Arashiyama
We traveled to Arashiyama in Kyoto to find peace, and mostly succeeded. We also found people, lots and lots of people.
Kabukicho and Golden-Gai, Tokyo’s Red Light District
We traveled to Kabukicho and Golden-Gai, Tokyo’s red light district and discovered the Walt Disney World for alcoholics. Somehow, I actually remember some of the night we were there.
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