{"id":85,"date":"2007-06-19T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2007-06-18T14:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=85"},"modified":"2007-06-19T00:01:58","modified_gmt":"2007-06-18T14:01:58","slug":"nile-river-cruise-back-at-luxor-son-et-lumiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/egypt\/nile-river-cruise\/nile-river-cruise-back-at-luxor-son-et-lumiere","title":{"rendered":"Back at Luxor &#8211; Son et Lumiere &#8211; Nile River Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>This evening we arrived back at Luxor and we had the opportunity to attend a <em>son et lumiere<\/em>\u00a0show at Karnak Temple. 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