On sunday we sailed into Luxor and explored the impressive Karnak temple. I had never imagined it to be so extensive. We could have easily spent hours exploring it and still not have seen everything. Following that, an avenue of sphinx led us to the temple of Luxor.
That evening we went back to Karnak to see the sound and light show. It was wonderful to walk through the complex lit up by strategic lightening and with a fraction of the people that where there earlier that day. I can't say too much about the 'sound' part. It consisted of over dramatized voices telling parts of a story in a convoluted way. I think Ben and I were even more confused about the story behind this temple. One voice would be sounded to the left and then another voice (in a slightly different pitch) would come from the right, which drew our attention but we where meant to be looking straight ahead or at what ever various parts of the temple was lit up. Then between each statement was a dramatic music interlude "dum dum dummm". By the end of it we couldn't stop laughing and for the remainder of the night and probably the next day we added "dum dum dums" to the end of all our sentences.
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