Nile Cruise: Day 2,

Most of our time on the second day of our cruise looked like this:
















We spent the majority of the day moving down the river so we spent a lot of time on the top deck reading, people watching, and just watching the Nile valley drift way. It was wonderful. Here are some scenes viewed from the ship. As you may notice, the villages look quite a bit different than those in Lower Egypt. Not sure if these were Nubian or not, but we agreed they were quite picturesque.


































We stopped along the way at two Greco-Roman temples. In the morning, we drifted up to Kom Ombo, a temple dedicated to the Crocodile god Sobek as well as to the god Horus who was characterized by a falcon. It was fascinating to me that the Greeks would simply drop their own dedication to Zeus and Athena and erect temples to their new adopted Egyptian gods. I guess if you're already polytheistic, what's a few more? :)























































Then back to the boat for a hearty lunch. At this point, David had termed it as "strapping on the feed sack". :) We ate so much...but everything was so good. :)


In the late afternoon, we stopped at Edfu to visit the Greco-Roman temple dedicated to Horus. This is the best preserved temple in Egypt; it stands much as it did two thousand years ago.


















David doing what David does best. :)














Statue of Horus at temple entrance.