Luxor: Part II

Besides the many temples and tourist attractions, there exists a humbling everyday lifestyle. I was able to capture some of this on camel back, in a taxi, by boat and on foot. The first photos, of Hajj art are beautiful depictions and written descriptions of ones travel to Mecca. This artwork can be seen almost everywhere I have traveled in Egypt thus far. "Just the little artwork or drawings Egyptians use in big cities and small villages outside their homes to represent that a relative has undertaken the pilgrimage to Mecca"(http://www.flickriver.com/photos/lastavatar/3538952363/).

Some of the photos just represent the most basic things. I took a felucca ride up the nile to Banana Island and was able to walk through banana groves and on the way I captured local fisherman working on their daily catch and water buffalo (jamoose)grazing along the rich river side.

Also part of egyptian life is cramming the smallest truck one can find with as many things, animals or humans one can think of. In this case I was in a Taxi and came across three large camels shoved in the bed of this tiny truck. They looked adorable and were very curious! The other photo of the camel was along the side of the road where the camel was carrying one of the many daily loads of sugar cane from the farm. Impressive!

Lastly, I end this blog with a gorgeous photo of the Luxor temple. Every night the temple is lit up and can be seen for as far as the eye can see along the korneesh. I love this picture!