Aswan Adventures: The Temples of Abu Simbel, Egypt | Travel Talk Tours

[Music] so early oh good morning like one yeah yeah man awesome because it is so early there's no time for breakfast so we've been given this brick this box this morning on the bus it comes with a selection of breads ham and cheese sandwich some mango juice forget the chips in the bonanno's or as the Americans say banana save Adama [Music] is very early morning and we're going to Abu Simbel which is but it is I think it's just under 300 kilometres so then to wake up at 4 o'clock in the morning so that we can get there nice and early and then get back to us 1 to start our our cruise aka felucca boat tour [Music] you [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] welcome to Abu Simbel these are the grand temples of ramses ii and they're located near the border of sedan the interesting thing about these temples is the fact that they were completely relocated from their original sites because during the mid 20th century when they were building the dam in US one they realized that by doing so the waters would rise and that these places would potentially become submerged under water so the Egyptian government paired with UNESCO to cut out the entire temple and moved it 60 metres higher so it was safe from the rising waters it's absolutely incredible [Music] King Ramses was the most documented king of ancient Egypt and the four statues at the front represent the stages of his life the one on the far left over here is King Ramses in these younger years the one that's not there was him in his teenage years the third one of us middle aged King Ramses and the last one was meant to be the old and wise King Ramses so it represents the different stages of his life and it's a super interesting way to be welcomed into such a grand temple [Music] unfortunately there are no photos or videos allowed inside which means that you definitely have to come to this place to check it out to yourself [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Craig is currently fashion shopping for the felucca you want something bright and tight to impress the drew that looks so nice kraid does it fit the secret I wanna put on man that is a fun felucca sure [Music] next up of the day the us one idea which is one of Egypt's most important achievements modern-day achievements because not only does this place help control the flood waters of the Nile it also helps to irrigate crops and provides the country with a massive amount of hydroelectricity I think my favorite thing about this dam is it just puts into perspective how big the Nile River is this place is absolutely massive and to hold back that much water it's a pretty incredible modern-day achievement [Music] thank you everyone thank you sir like at a just south of the Aswan High Dam is they fill a temple which is actually located on an island in the middle of the Nile which means that the only way you can get there is by boat [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] when you come to one of the most pristine featurettes temples in Egypt and it also happened [Music] [Music] Fillie temple is considered to be one of the most picturesque temples in all of Egypt and it's pretty easy to see why however it's also an example of a place that needed to be completely relocated during the construction of the US one idea because if it wasn't this place would have been completely submerged under water [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] we have just pulled it out felucca for the next so exciting to get this coast of the space thanks this mattress to sleep on I got this little been a mat over here initial thoughts we're gonna have an amazing time we have games we have this we finally have that's all the ingredients are the time we're happy [Music] [Music] and so begins at epic two-day journey along the Nile I know felucca Craig's excited let's do it tomorrow drinks [Music] just watering the dirt

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Length: 19min 24sec (1164 seconds)

Published: Tue May 15 2018