Kom Ombo , Egypt
The next stop was Kom Ombo. This temple is not in as good condition as Edfu, but it's also very different and beautiful in its own way. It's a double temple built during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. The big negative, however, is that everyone arrives to visit this temple at once, so it's crawling with people - a photographer's nightmare. I'm sure the cruise boats come and go in batches (according to the schedule of the locks), so visiting Kom Ombo from Aswan by bus, or on a felucca, would be a much better choice and would let you more truly enjoy it. In addition, since it's only tour groups there moving as one big mass, as a couple, it was very difficult to maneuver around them. There are a couple of sights (the calendar, the medical instruments) that everyone must see, so it sort of forms a line up of tour groups to see the friezes.
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