one of    Myegypt  Tours

Egypt desert & oasis

a mix from photos taken on our last trip 5/11/08 click to enlarge

The desert is always on the move with the wind this electric

pylon was erected 5 years ago. I suppose it will save having

to use a ladder to fix the wires

A visit to Bashandi wool carpet mills is well worth a visit

all the carpets are hand made. i asked how much it would

cost to make a carpet 5ft x 3ft with my egypt logo on .

I was Quoted 1000 egp next time I visit I will put an order in.

Temple of Hibis

Kharga Oasisin the Libyan desert is the largest oasis known to exist in WesternEgypt. It is located about 200 kilometres west of the Nile Valley.Kharga Oasis is also well known for featuring the well preserved Templeof Hibis--which was first built by pharaoh Psamtik IIof the 26th Saite dynasty and subsequently decorated by the Persianking Darius I--as well as the 3rd to 7th century AD Christian cemetaryof El-Bagawat. El-Bagawat is one of the earliest known Christiancemetaries in the wor

cristal mount in Farafra

Jurgen Engels the dealer in black market Antiquities

Mohamed Zedan the village was a new venture in 2004

Camels in the desert near farafra

The black desert

Roman press

on Safari in the White Desert

the spa http://dakhlabedouins.com/

The hot spa at the bedhuoin village

a dip at 6 before going off to explore the area


http://dakhlabedouins.com/
the new building to the village november 08

Arriving in the white desert

The carpet mill

The wool mill of Bashandi was a pleasant stop on our Journey

back to Luxor. Here for the first time there was no entry fee

we evan had free tea, the factory was well laid out and suprisingly

clean everywhere,

all the new fleece waiting for the first process in making the wool.

The finished wool bale.

working on a large Carpet

Some of the work is very intricate,

one of the bobbin macines

There are 10 hand looms on this floor

Working on a verse from the quran.

Some of the finished carpets. and hand made habidashery

The pottery of El Kharga

iheard the pottery was a one place to visit as it dated back
over 4 thousand years, with out our Arab speaking driver
the place would have been imposible to find.
a winding shariah then another before we came to what was
the pottery and it did look like it was 4 thousand years old.


the first building was the potters wheel shed where the guy
was there with his hand out for the entry fee 20le pp
i thought we were in for a treat but what you see in the photos
that was it. he did not like me walking around the ovens taking
photos. like it was a big secret or something.

all in all it was Quite a dissapointment this well advertised

over priced old pottery. its a shame as they could make the

place a bit more tourist friendly. not even a cup of tea or

water was to be had. just more rubbish for sale.

 

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