Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari Luxor

The Valley of the Kings should also be known as the Valley of the Touts. The moment you step out of your vehicle, you are bombarded. You start by being polite, smiling and saying "No, thanks." You add a few flourishes and become firmer in your tone as the first dozen no-thank-you's don't have an impact. Of course, even if they do, there's always …

Day 1

Upon arriving Luxor, we were very tired from our 17 hour day that started at 230 AM and were also very sick of the Egyptian's trying to sell us things, so we got a very nice hotel that was literally half price because it is not peak travel season. This hotel had one of the only floating pools in the whole Nile River. As soon as we …

Once I leave the ship at port in Luxor I find a hostel and then its off to Temple Karnak. This temple is close to the city but still requires some sort of transport and I can not seem to find a minibus. So I am about to walk when I am approached by a young man to type a text message in English, which has happened before and so I am skeptical. I …

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We were up at 6:00am, for our last day of adventures in Luxor, Egypt. The city of Luxor is 675 km south of Cairo; the city itself is split by the Nile. The East side is called the City of Living, where you will find all the Temples, and the West side is the City of Dead, where you find all the tombs. It is very dry here, it rains …

I am not normally at my best at 6am but what greeted me outside of my window as I sipped my first cup of tea of the day was beautiful and would have woken up the deepest of sleepers.. The sky was full of 8 hot air balloons taking off from the West Bank and slowly rising upwards. This excited me eve n more as I had booked to take such a flight …

I woke up feeling horrible again, but the same formula (a shower, ibuprofen, and decon) seemed to perk me up a bit and get me upstairs for breakfast. Konrad had starred all the kings' tombs he thought looked interesting, so I scanned through them at breakfast and we decided on the three that looked the best to both of us (the ticket was only valid …

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Day 7 – Egypt & Jordan Adventure

It was the day where we were heading into the Valley of the Kings on donkeys. To avoid the heat we had an early start. After having breakfast at 6.30am we made a short walk to the east bank where we caught a short boat ride to the west bank. Once we were off the boat there they were waiting for …

There was an emergency this morning! Kim went to the ATM to get a little more cash before we left on the cruise. She started screaming that the card was not returned. She got the money and the receipt, but no card. I had heard of schemes where thieves could rig an ATM to keep the cards and return later to get them. Last night, we noticed that the …

First of all, we are safe and sound in Luxor and are very thankful for all your prayers. We took the overnight train down from Cairo last night which proved to be rather uncomfortable. We arrived in Luxor around 5:30am and walked to our hotel right on the Nile river. Here is where our adventure started...we met a solo Chinese traveler staying at …