looking at egypt through my lens

http://www.touregypt.net/karnak.htm
history of the temple
Boy was I pleased to see the back of Karnak,,see my pics of Karnak temple , here, click on the pics to enlarge

Just for you usky  a photo of some snow and santa.

ITS THE BEST THE HOTEL COULD COME UP WITH ,I HAVE ADDED A BIT MORE SNOW TO MAKE IT LOOK AUTHENTIC,

As I left the area where all the toadstools where growing in large numbers,

I headed over the bridge in the direction of the airport first I had to cross the avenue of the sphinx,

looking towards Luxor Temple

the half way point looking towards karnak temple along the new dig of avenue of the sphinx

last digs will be the two roads that bring the traffic into Luxor Town Centre. the road I am

building the mud brick walls along the avenue of the sphinx not many sphinxes have been found so they will make them up out of cement or what they think the sphinx looked like 3500 years ago.

on at the moment will be diverted around the back of Karnak .

there is a lot of work still to be done on the avenue mud brick walls some as high as thirty foot the mud brick will give the pedestrian walking in between the sphinx that old feeling (Been conned Again) as they walk the three kilometer stretch from Luxor too Karnak that has cost 50 million euro up to date, and will cost another 50 million before completion i guess. the Egyptians have strange ways for abstracting money from let us say the USA, who yesterday gave a list of cities going bankrupt across the states, but here we are in luxor spending some of the 2 billion dollars aid.  they can afford to spend 20 million on a heritage centre 17 million on a ROWING CLUB AND PULL THEM DOWN 3 YEARS LATTER,

just to show you how high some of the curbs are off the road this one is almost 2 ft high, so me I walk on the road

as I start to walk over the new bridge I am joined by the road cleaner who moments earlier was cleaning the horse and donkey droppings off the tarmacadam, he thought I would give more than what his employers give as wages, so stayed with me until I stopped to take photos of a scene that I do not suppose others have taken, that being the rear of the famous Karnak Temple, from this angle I can see both the precincts of Mutt and the temple itself,

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that’s it for today’s  post  more on the avenue of the sphinx later,.

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WILD LIFE HAS TO PUT UP WITH DIRTY PEOPLE

ONE YEAR AGO BEFORE THE COUNCIL LAID CLAIM TO THIS LAND  THIS AREA HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF WILD LIFE  NOW ITS A LAND FILL AREA  AND ALL THE LOCALS HAVE TAKEN IT AS A GARBAGE DUMP. ONCE THIS CANAL WAS INUNDATED BY THE NILE  AND HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF FISH, NOW THE MOSQUITOES HAVE MOVED IN AS THE WATER IS STAGNANT.

MIRROR IMAGE

THE CANAL NEEDS CLEARING

THE PLASTIC POOL BANK

Hooded crow(corvus corvone cornix),

Hooded crow(corvus corvone cornix),

moorhen

Grey Heron (ardea cinerea),IN FLIGHT

MOORHEN AND SQUACCO .HERON

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COMMON TERN

RING NECKED PLOVER

COMMON TERN

Little white egret (Egretta garzetta),

MALE House sparrow (passer domesticus),

MEADOW PIPIT,ANTHUS PRATENSIS

Pair of crested larks ( galerida cristata),

crested lark ( galerida cristata), in flight

grey wagtail

my 83rd bird species is the Coot,Felica atra ,first sighting of a flock on the Nile in Luxor Egypt 18.12.2010

coots on the Nile

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I  get many an admiring glance from the people as I walk along the Cornish with my equipment , not that I show it all the time usually its kept out of view, in case some one gets jealous,   from the body its  8″ when not in use, then if I see a bird it will extend to a full 11″. so you can see why I get so many curious looks  even frowns  from passers by.

to see my equipment go to the last 2 photos on today’s blog.

father christmas in disguise

Today I only took a short walk down to the promenade along the Nile in Luxor,  A walk I do quite regular when I need to stretch my legs, for me jogging is out of the question as I have 3 slipped discs to take care of ,   so I try and keep a little healthy by doing a walk every day,   so today’s blog is a mixture of what I saw on my walk, the father Christmas is or should be the last photo, as he was the last photo before heading home after  my beer stop.   Must replenish the system in my quest to keep fit. what happened in the garden pub. is another story of spoiling ones day.

http://nilelife.blog.co.uk/2010/12/16/the-muslim-community-in-luxor-10195651/

the hibiscus flower this is an unusual veriety as it is red and white there are several colours of hibiscus here  click here to see more of the plants in egypt.
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the Acacia tree  with its new growth
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the base of the kopak tree shows signs that the sparrows live here.

the colours of the Welsh flag in the bougainvillea and leaves,

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the pied kingfishers on the look out for a meal on the guy ropes of one of the cruise ships.

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tying up the sails  on the mast ,

tying up the sails on a felluca

the pigeon on the mast  what one might call the poop deck

pied wagtail catching flies  and certainly plenty of them here

I wonder if there is some seven up left in the can,

The little white Egret

and an exercise on tight rope balancing,

double exposure of the gull billed tern passing a felluca mast

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Cormorants in flight,

DID NOT LIKE THE TASTE OF THAT PIECE OF BREAD. they will eat the turds that come from the cruisers toilets not many about when most passengers have the runs,birds taste first  and do not know tampons are not edible.

now I know who is polluting the Nile

I see no land captain

me either ! just some bloke with big equipment.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WONDERING HOW I GET THE BIRDS TO PERFORM,  I DON’T THIS IS NATURE  AT ITS BEST.

And to finish the day a spectacular sunset over the Nile and Luxor Temple  taken at 18.00 from my roof balcony. see more sky watch egypt on here.

My equipment for those of you thinking  dirty sorry to dissapoint,

but I am talking photography here not pornography,

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA with 100x400 lens

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA with 100x400 lens fully extended