This is the inside of the infrastructure to house the temple in its new location.
“Abu Simbel – Dave’s day as ‘guide’. (Whole thing raised 200ft to avoide erosion by Nile waters)”
“The Abu Simbel temples were relocated in 1968 to higher ground to prevent them from being submerged by the rising waters of Lake Nasser, caused by the construction of the Aswan High Dam. This massive engineering project was part of an international effort led by UNESCO to preserve the ancient monuments.” – Source – Wikipedia
I think it was my day as a guide was because Dave – the tour leader- was arrested and put in jail for a bit as he was with his group in some temple and was giving them information and the guides are a protected occupation. As I didn’t have a clue as to what I was looking at I was a safe bet!
“Mary and Michelle – the mad Aussies just managing to stay on”
This was at the start of a trip that was a camel ride into the desert and to visit the Coptic monastory.
“Dave with his right on t-shirt, Sue with her right on hat”
I think that we met Mickey (our camel) the night before where we had dinner with a Nubian tribe.
“Resting derrieres after camel trek”
“Coptic Monastory (with singing histionic guide “yale,yale, yale, yale, yale, peepee, yale, yale)”
I believe this is St Simeon’s Monastry
“The beloved Mickey Mouse. – Ugliest camel in Egypt – hit by a truck when young.”
“Sue, Mickey and camel boy. Backdrop Nora” – not sure who or what Nora is.
The next day, or it could have been that evening we set off on the Felucca part of our trip
First stop “Kom Ombo Temple , the scene of the crime (or engagement)”
“Michelle’s manicure and pedicure in the Nile”
“Matthew and François – the lardy lumps – in communal bathroom (distant lavatories behind bushes)”
At the end of the trip Michelle came and stayed with us for a couple of days. Matthew also came to stay with us for a few days later in the year. He was treated to a beer festival and then the The Frog and Frigate! Which he liked so much he bought the t-shirt.
“Water buffalo a few feet from felucca” – one of my all time favourite shots!
Village children – another one of my all time favourite shots!
“The day Gill nicked the house of an innocent bystander for firewood”
“Smoking the hubbly bubbly (honey and mollasses) – Matthew Liz, Sue, Dave [guide], Monica”
“Drifting feluccas – image of relaxation”
“Ashley being laid back”
“Singing around the bonfire (most popular and inappropriate song ‘Singing in the rain’!)”
“Sleeping sardine style – The three love boats”
“See how high the masts go….”
“Abdullah up the mast – shame Ashley pulled the wrong rope”
Back row – SH, Jimmy, Fickkree(captain)
at the front – Hussan, Amah, abdullah
“Nubian boatmen – Fickry the boss in blue”
“Popular toilet stop”
In fact it was so popular I remember someone digging a hole to go in and finding human faeces already there…. yuck
“Balancing – Fickree before he hit the paint stripper (Egyptian Brandy)”
Also featuring Davey Boy – the guide
“Relaxing on the felucca”
“Foot massage”
Sue’s Birthday card from the crew and other tour group members, made out of a papyrus print.
“The birthday party also involved a pot of sand with 26 candles in it – quite a day!”
“Matthew cooling down – note drinks storage in fridge”
The reference here is the string bag that held the beer in it. We could buy it for about 50p a bottle if I remember rightly
“Abdullah – 18 years old – Bananrama fan!”
Matthew recovering from stomach troubles.