Valley of the Kings

Today we visited the Valley of the Kings where we witnessed a mountainous landscape where the slopes were similar to New Zealand mountains with two things missing (anything green and sheep). This location was special for the pharaohs of the new kingdom as it was located underneath a pyramid shaped range of mountains. As we drove into the carpark and discovered a missing ingredient in our Egyptian experiences. The tourists. There were busloads of them. We even photographed the car park in amazement!!!! You'll love the photo. After running the gauntlet of the multiple touts we got into the site properly to discover that of 62 pharaohs buried here only a few are open. There are two still missing tombs and unfortunately we didn't find them! We did try (a little). We were allowed into three tombs which were all exceptional in their wall decorations. All photographs were banned so sadly there are no photos of the incredibly skilled artisans work in these tombs that we can post for you. We have seen Ramses 1, Ramses 4 and Siptah. If we are very good, our guide will allow us time to go back and see three more tomorrow. Stay tuned!