Dec 23, the botanical garden
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    In Norway 
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    To Paul 
  3. Monday
    To Luxor 
  4. Tuesday
    Valley of Kings 
  5. Wednesday
    Horus at Edfu 
  6. Thursday
    Obelisk 
  7. Friday
    Botanical Garden 
  8. Saturday
    Christmas Eve 
  9. Sunday
    Karnak 
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    Tanya leaves 
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    FirstDayHilton 
  12. Wednesday
    Snorkelling 
  13. Thursday
    LoafingAround 
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    Restaurants 
  15. Saturday
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On Friday the 23rd, we visited the botanical garden after finishing the web pictures.

Enroute to the botanical garden on Kitchener Island, we passed this unfinished hotel on a piece of prime estate on the Nile, a beautiful island. Stupid. Tear it down or finish it.

Entrance to the botanical garden as we step ashore.
Tanya with the sand dunes of the West bank in the background.

In the park, some school girls want to practice their English. In the middle, Johnny. To the left, Tanya and Daddy Martin covered in the vegetation to the right.
One of the trees brought their by Lord Kitchener, Roystonia Regia. The Lord brought plants from all over the British commonwealth and died in 1924 when the island went back to the Egyptian government.

Tanya with the West bank in the background.
Arenca Pinnata, one of the trees in the park.

And Tanya next to Dad and one of the trees.
One of the local AK boys with no AK47.

Dad taking a photo of the nice trees in the garden.
Always pestered by pop-ups, unwanted salesmen trying to sell you stuff you don't want.

Nice rest area with the view to the west bank.
And green it was.

This island was very popular with the locals, and being Friday, the day off, many local families brought their kids with them to this blessed place. Very few wives though.
Back onto the boat, Eiffel, that takes us there and back to Magic 1.

The whole group. From the left, Johnny, Anne-Lise, Tanya, Kjell and Jorunn. In the front, Daddy Martin.
Last glimpse of the Kitchener Island and its lovely flowers and trees.

High water mark used by the old Egyptians to set the tax level. The higher the water, the more tax they could levy.

The map showing where Kom Ombo is in relation to Aswan.

At 19:45, after arriving at Kom Ombo, we visited the temple. Here is the entrance.
The well was dug to let in water from the Nile and to keep crocks in. An intricate system of tunnels.

And the overview as we exited the temple.

During the night, we travelled downstream to Edfu where we stayed the night.

The next day, we left Edfu for Luxor through the water locks.
 

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