D0bye Pyramid

The 750dirhams shopping vouchers I won from being the top horseman in my company lead me to this shopping mall.

WAFI Mall… It’s actually located just a stone throw away from my office but I never thought of shopping there because all stuffs there are BRANDED!

Wanna buy phone: they only sell VERTU, one phone 10-20k
Wanna buy shoes; they only sell Gucci, Prada and some italian name I have never seen before.
Even those salesperson dress up more smartly than our Msian CEO!

The 750vouchers is just gonna make me spend much more than I supposed to!

This WAFI mall is like teasing me…
Why go to Egypt when you can see a brand new Pyramid, Obelisks and Mural!
Why go to see those degenerated, robbed, eroded and smelly ancient stuffs in Egypt, if you can see brand new stuffs for free!

Egpyt 6.0 -Convoy2 Aswan-Abu Simbel-

I checked out from Basma Hotel at 3am, that was just 6hours of sleep. Not enough to repay the lost of energy due to the anxiety of last night mantai's F1. Still feel very sleepy even though I had a morning bath but felt super excited about getting nearer to "Danger" Sudan. I only spent total of 8hours in the hotel (7pm to 3am), didnt feel worth the money. I didnt even touch the swimming pool water, only molested it through my eyes. This was our 2nd convoy in less than 24hours and I didn’t feel the anxiety like I felt with my virgin convoy. Maybe I had got numbed about all this convoy hype or maybe I was too tired to feel it. I was more worried about my driver's skill as I believed they will "fly" the van.

Just like last convoy, police came to register our vehicles and mantai gave them the necessary information. The "Aswan-Abu Simbel" convoy was bigger than the "Luxor-Aswan" convoy. There were more police, dogs and also mirror to check the bottom of vehicles, sounds like serious business compare to the main2 convoy yesterday. There were at least 40-60 public vehicles there, from big buses to small saloon cars.

The hotel packed kids’ breakfast for us, it consisted of 3 breads half the size of my palm, one small box of fruit drink and one yogurt. 3am was too early to feel hungry so I prayed for our safety, plugged in my Ipod and sleepzzzzzzz.

Egpyt 6.1 -Romantic Ride-

Yesterday we rode through sunset and today we ride through sunrise. The most Romantic trip ever, some more at The neck breaking speed of 160kmh.

Abu simbel is about 300km south of Aswan, estimated it will take us 3hours for the journey. I slept at the early part of the journey, when I woke up an hour later, there wasnt a single vehicle visibled. The road was sooooo straight and empty, if not for the well maintained tarmac road, I would have thought we were going to no man land. There wasnt much to see on both side, mostly desert and a few settlements. A-mad said the gomen planned to develop this area into a agricultural land.

Man-tai didn’t slept the whole night as he party till morning. aiya! End of Puasa leh, one of the greatest joy of being "wui-kow". Man-tai brought his prodigy, a young man in the early 20. I nicknamed him (藤原拓海 Fujiwara Takumi) the son of man-tai in Initial-D.

We were also joined by a new Guide named A-Mad, so there were eleven of us in the Van. That was a bit over the comfort zone in the van with the last row being the lugagges storage. I was actually planned to sit infront to continue my snapping spree but my plan got distrubed again. aiya...

Tok-hoi was "flying" at 160km/h but it was less scary than what man-tai did because this road was straight and empty. The most linear road I have ever seen in my life, not a single obvious curve visible until 2.5hours later and if we didnt turn at that junction, we would have reach Sudan. It was a long and boring journey, I was afraid tok-hoi would fall asleep due to the non-challenging journey. It was a good decision from mantai to let tokhoi drive as even mantai didnt party till the next morning, I was sure mantai would have exhausted himself with last night "race with time"!.

Tok-hoi was a curly haired guy, as in chinese saying "Jiu Mao Lan Kow Yit". I was sure he didnt listen to any plea for slowing down. In fact, I saw A-mad did talk to tok-hoi in arabic after a-mad saw us looking abit worried with the neck breaking speed. On our way back, he even tailed gated a lancer at 160kmh and he even stopped once instance to argue with a driver behind... crazee!

Egpyt 6.2 -Abu Simbel-

I was shock to see this cruise ship here, She was the only one of her kind here. There was just one big sized kwai poh sunbathing, nothing to see. I was suprised to see Cruise boat in Abu simbel because nobody stayed overnight here, is too near to uncomfort z0ne, Sudan.

The WC here was really the worst I have come true, 2LE per entry. I didnt go but most of my tourmates went in. I wanna show this ppl, what an expensive WC entry will cost their country! I dunno why but I hate this toilet pharoahs the most, maybe because they make a living outta others desperation, not j0y!

I thought I looked weird, this w0man even out wierd me. Karate Girl? Black Belt some more... Sai lei! Sai Lei! Should I wear a songkok or baju melayu to show my patriotism. Japanese, korean & Indian still wear their tradisional cloths regularly but not us Msian Chinese...

Just like any other Tourist Spot, there were $ale$men... This 0ne was a bit Pro, Robinho and a SLR selling postcard? Salesperson here are much less than in other places, maybe because that day was the 1st day of raya so most choose to stay at home.

Egpyt 6.3 -Th0se Walls-

Abu Simbel was all about these faces in the walls. I seen lotta ancient stuffs the last few days but these walls still "Waaah" me. Abu Simbel two massive rock temples was about 5-6 storeys high. Some said this is a romantic site because Pharaoh Ramesses II built this place as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari. I can be this romantic too if I can afford the 200 wives, Ramesses II had.

Its construction was impressive but its re-construction was even more impressive. These 2 temples have actually been moved by UNESCO in 1964 to its current location from a lower area. The relocation of the temples was needed as the water started to rise due to the construction of Aswan Dam.

The whole operation took 4years and USD 40million.

The egyptian Pounds (LE) of 5LE has Abu Simbel Temples as it background. 5LE not very expensive lorrr but no easy to get someone faces on currency la..

If you see some actsy local guard like this, you know it "No Photo, No Video" kinda things inside the temple. Anyway its too crowded to take photo inside. Imagine what will happen if everyone started to take photo inside... STUCK! I didnt went into the 2nd temple, the temple for the Queen as I think stuffs inside will not interest me.

This guy is holding the Key of Life (KoL), its not use to open doors but simply a symbol between life & death. S0ohai said KoL looks like a scandal and ancient egyptian believe the only thing betwen life and death is the scandal because people live above the earth and die go into the earh. Boleh percaya la...

A-mad pulak said, The Hole represent woman and the stick represent the man... so they make life! Percaya siapa? I think A-mad theory more realistic la, Ancient were got think so much one. they only think s3x la!

W.A. Taylor is my boss name, he must have came here before me. Siao... He even crafted his name on it, much "geng" than my initial "A"! That's why he is my boss lorr...

There were so many names crafted on walls, there wasnt any place left for me to craft! Siao eh!

Egpyt 6.4 -Take this Toilet Pharoahs-

This guy is my her0... looks like an experience traveller to me. I didnt have a clue how to revenge those toilet pharoah!

Mr.Her0 show me how to do it in a bright day ligth under the SUN...

I was going to follow him until I notice something up there...

CCTV at the fences top... This uncle was cool

CCTV on top of the hills...

CCTV everywhere... cant la, I wasnt that brave yet. Takut nanti got send to jail.

So I walked... Walked... Walked... through some treess...

The I shot all my hatred out here...

Wakakakaka!!! The 2nd best pee I had in my life and most important of all its FREEEE!!!

The Best pee still the one I shot with 6others guy at the top of Scotland 4years ago on the mission to revenge for Msia.

Egpyt 6.5 -Tourist Vs Tour Guides-

After The G000dane pee, I went outta the place and have a sit at the shopping area. Super... Super expensive ler.. but lotta lui to kap la.

A-mad was busy smoking shisha and he got it for free... everything for tourist were super expensive and everything for tourguides were free...

Egpyt 6.6 -Aswan High Dam-

I really dun understand this, No video or zoom camere but can take foto? I'm not a military expert but if someone wanna blow this up, some good fotos will do the damage... The aim of this water project was to prevent the river's flooding, generate electricity and provide water for agriculture but it did much more than this...

Lake Nasser was created as a result of the construction of the Aswan High Dam across the waters of the Nile. This lake is the mother of all destruction to those monuments, ancient temples like Abu Simbel & Philae Temple has to be relocated because of this lake. I heard that this lake was huge, one of the biggest in Africa but it was man-made, just like a FF-CUP... FAKE!!!

Egpyt 6.7 -Boat Ride-

This place was sunyi-sepi, not a single tourist beside us. that's stuff here were sibei cheap. traders even fight for our attention. 3Le for 2 big bottles of mineral water, that was like miracle for us. They must had a hard time selling stuffs here.

this remind me of my boat ride in nepal, still fell the fear but egypt water got the famous nile crocssss! boats found here were bigger, due to the richer egyptian and also the s1z3 of their people and tourists. F4t!

sam never charged his E450 for 5days because he got a battery holder which also come with a AA sized holder. looks like a good deal for me...

I always enjoy boat ride... dunno why? I kept touching the cool water with my hand, so so song ah!

Is this kinda of engine strings always broke? I have seen this be4 but cant recall where..

Always use some makeshift tali to pull lorrr

The ride was less than 15mins... h00ray we reached but where? nobody tell me wow!

Egypt 6.8 -Philae-

The 10mins boat ride brought us to Philae temple, a temple in the mid of Nile River. The temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, she is the mummy of Horus. De famous Bird like God.

I found signboard here were abit old but still informative about sized & etc of the island and temple. River nile use to be broader and deeper but time has changed it. Nature change so do men...

This temple is for Isis's hubby, Horus's daddy. He had been killed twice. 1st time he was con by his own bro and sealed inside a gold coffin but Isis dunno how revived him with the help of some God. 2nd time he was cut into 15 pieces and throw into the Nile. Isis manage to get 14parts of him but not his kukujiao, believe it was eaten by fishie.. I think that fishie become NEptune and fuck other fishes and they produced mermaids?

Technically most ancient site got light&sound show but this one was a bit special because the boat ride fees to the show isnt included in the entrance fee. Anyway, we got no time to watch. The seats were Grand le... got ancient feel w000t!

Philae Temple was cut into pieces and stick together again on Agilika Island about 550 meters from its original home on Philae Island in the wake of the High Dam. Because of Tha Hi-Damn... few site has to be relocated. I wonder how many monuments and ancients stuffs that havent been found and submerge under water.

Egpyt 6.9 -Defence-

Defences were pretty tight in philae, after all tourists are one of egypt main income.

But in the whole island, there was just 0ne guard alongside a big dustbin. Not sure if he can tackle a bunch of bandits.

The firefighter gone to shit???

Egpyt 6.10 - Rubbish-

Rubbishs were in every holes. These was to show that "Time has pass" and now we use plastic to stuck into holes not stones or rocks anymore.

Even broken chairs... ancient store rooms were used till today, this store rooms although few thousands years old still used as a store room.

Water near the island was... undrinkable... worst than china melamine.

Because there were only few dustbin around...