Thursday, December 3, 2009

Wisaka's dream destination of Egypt


I think most people have names of cities or countries that they particularly want to visit. So do I. When I was a child, I really enjoyed reading mysterious and legendary books, especially ancient Egyptian stories which I couldn’t put down to go to bed. So it was Egypt, which was the name that I particularly forgot how to spell, I hoped to visit. I visited the land of glorious culture and architecture in ancient times which is far from Thailand around 8 and a half hours for 15 days, 2 years ago. I was captivated by the impressive architecture, it was so incredible how they built and created them. The real one and pictures in books were completely different. Every temple or even the cemeteries could make me sense the prosperity of Egyptian civilization, and when I saw exquisite carvings, it gave me goose pimples. It was Temple of Medinet Habu, which didn’t have many tourists, that the symbol of carvings were chiselled deep into stone walls over the length of the palm, so every picture was still very clear. I also like the symbolic animals and hieroglyphs. The Canopic jars, which were used for containing the organs of mummies, used the symbolic and form of falcon, baboon, jackal and human head to relate their belief, as well. Besides, when I was taking a bus in a caravan to Abu Simbel, the outside was the desert and completely dark, but I could feel like the sky was lower than usual. I’ve never seen clear stars as many as that time. It was an indescribable moment. I have many unforgettable moments and events of the Egypt trip which won’t fade away.

1 comment:

  1. What an incredible experience! You write so passionately about this part of the world. I can see it has made a profound impact on you.

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