This is the hugely impressive temple that the Egyptians borrowed US$40 million to relocate for a distance of 200m so that it would not become flooded by lake Nasser (as a result of the contruction of a massive dam.) Apparently the airport tax you pay upon arrival in Egypt goes towards paying off the loan!!
We had to get up at 3am for a four hour bus ride in convoy to get to this place. They only have one convoy a day so hordes of tourists agglomerate all at the same time. I wonder if the place would have been even more impressive if there hadn't been so many people...
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