Egypt Day Six: Abu Simbel

On the morning of December 24th we flew to Aub Simbel just to see the Abu Simbel temples.  They are on the bank of Lake Nasser and were originally carved out of the mountainside in the 13th century BC and were monuments to Ramses II and his wife Nefertari.  The complex was relocated in 1968 because the lake, created by the building of the Aswan High Dam.

We were only at Abu Simbel for 45 minutes and then were whisked back to the airport to fly to Cairo.  I took a picture of the poinsettias at the Hilton Heliopolis Hotel, which gave it a little bit of  Christmas feel!