For day nine we travelled back to Luxor to spend the day sight-seeing. Luxor is known as the world's largest outdoor museum. It is amazing. We began the day at the Valley of the Kings where for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the Pharaohs...including Ramses and King Tut.
One of my favorite Egypt moments: A couple of our team members (one Egyptian and one American)...were invited to a personal meeting with the director of the site...after GETTING KICKED OUT OF KING TUT'S TOMB for taking photos. Pretty funny. I won't say who the American was but his first name starts with Jared and his last name ends with Yoder...if that helps.
Here's a shot of the entrance to one of the tombs.
A view of a portion of the valley...
From the Valley of the Kings we travelled to the nearby Hatshepsut’s Temple. Hatshepsut was perhaps Egypt's most famous and most powerful queen. It was mind-blowing. Here are some shots:
Of course, whenever you visit Hatshepsut's Temple, you have to strike the O-H-I-O pose... 
That's all for now...day nine is to be continued...
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