Karnak Temple

Karnak being the largest complex of temples in the world is a marvel of sights and one could easily spend hours wondering around. Saying that, I spent a whole day at Karnak testing my photography skills and trying new ones too. First entering the labyrinth armed with a wide angle lens shooting the corridors, chambers and huge pillars then exiting with a zoom to shoot more detailed images. 

 Here are a few images that I think could win numerous awards( its good to be positive):

Avenue of ram-headed sphinxes

Once joined with the avenue of sphinxes at Luxor Temple the avenue was 2, 700 meters long.

Ram-headed sphinxes inside the festival temple of Amenhotep II

Towering columns inside the Great Hypostyle Hall

Tour guide waiting for baksheesh

One of the many chambers

Statue of Ramsses II

Hieroglyphics and argun palm trees

Luxor, Egypt

Luxor's temples are mesmerizing and the streets in Luxor are much cleaner than in Cairo. Horse drawn calesh tussle with motor vehicles for a place in the streets. Little plots of land in between old and newly unfinished buildings are used to grow vegetables, larger sugar cane plantations on the outskirts. Downtown, hotels and souvenir shops line the streets and alley ways dedicated to entice tourists for a closer look at the souvenirs and to relax while smoking a shisha at a coffee shop. Uncountable minarets rise up from mosques to pepper the skyline while chants are heard from megaphones. From the east bank to the west bank, Luxor is possibly my favourite city in Egypt.

Avenue of Sphinxes at Luxor Temple  towards Karnak

The entrance to Luxor Temple and a defaced Ramesses II statue

One  of the many minarets

Another statue of Ramesses II on the left side of the entrance to Luxor temple

Giza, Cairo

After some advice from my sister I will keep blogging from Phoblgraphy.

Here are some recent images from my recent trip to Egypt.

 Pyramid of Khafre

This image was taken from the ruins of the mortuary temple of Menkaure.

 Resting camel with Menkaure's pyramid in the background

 Menkaure's pyramid and the smaller queen's pyramid towering over tourists riding camels

The sphinx's head