Valley of the Kings Birds Eye View Literally

Started off this morning with a 3 AM wake up call for a pre dawn balloon ride over the Vally of the Kings and Mortuary mountains. The most beautiful sight I've seen was seeing the sunrise from 600 feet up. The view was breathtaking and all 7 balloons went up at once. Our entire group of 24 fit into one basket...Here is a pic, not of us, but of a neighboring balloon and the first sight we saw this morning.

Later in the day we did the ground tours of Ramses I through IX and a few others. the colors of the drawings in the tombs have been untouched for over 3000 years and are still as vibrant as today. Amazing how some of the stories of jealousy and betrayal are repeated in both the Jewish and Catholic religions. Our tourguide made the stories come alive by making us act out the parts of the different Egyptian kinds and gods. A good sense of humor is very necessary when you spend an entire day visiting tombs.