Bob Marley House Hostel Luxor

... supposed to go and get my visa extension with Mohamed but he had vanished. Everyone was trying to work out what they were doing before their felucca ride and I wanted to join them but I had to wait for Mohamed. Lex and Heather were leaving the group at 3pm so I wanted to find out what they were doing so that I could say goodbye. Lex and Heather needed to speak to Mohamed before they left so while we waited they said that I should take their room so I ...

... tomb builders village) and the<br>Ramesseum, medinet habu.<br><br>TOUR 3: KARNAK AND LUXOR TEMPLES. 18:00 P.P HALF DAY<br>A half day tour to the two amazing sites on<br>The east bank .once joined together by three<br>Mile Avenue of ram headed sphinxes. Karnak<br>And Luxor temples are two of the most<br>Impressive temples in Egypt. Also will visit<br>Papyrus &#8211; perfume factory and jewellery shop.<br><br>TOUR 4: KARNAK SOUND&amp;LIGHT SHOW. 13:00 P.P ...

... pool on the boat where the bar manager did a deal with Matt that we would get a 20% discount on all our drinks if we didnt book them to our room tab and paid him cash. This sounded good to us because the beers were 32 egyptian pounds about 5 euros each.<br><br>We had 3 nights on the luxury nile cruise then ended up in Luxor where we stayed the night. We saw a heap of tombs in the valley of the kings, they were amazing. we also saw Tutenkahmen's tomb and mummy which was cool.<br>

... The valley of the Kings is the location of the tombs of many of egypts ancient pharaohs, including King Tut. We brought along an American girl we had met at the hostel who we thought was very brave for traveling through the Middle East by herself. We did not think it was possible to get any hotter and sweatier than the heat of the day in the middle of the Sahara desert. We were wrong. To get inside the tombs, you had to first climb up a few flights of stairs and then descend down ...

... have been ripped off by a taxi driver. You never really know. Meters make things way too easy, which is probably why they don't seem to be used anywhere. The exchange rate in Egypt is about 5.6 pounds to one dollar. As we waited to get our bags various cab drivers insisted that they could only take us to our hotel for over 100 pounds. We were told by one guy that the government price for all cabs from the airport was $20 US. We knew this was ****... Finally I got a ...

... 10mins our bus arrived out of nowhere, chucked the bags on the roof of the bus all jumped in and we were off on our 3.5hr drive to Luxor.<br><br>We arrived in Luxor, checked into the hotel, dumped our stuff and then was back on the bus to Karnak Temple. OMG what an amazing temple it was huge!!!! The biggest temple in the kingdom, this was were the Pharohs and Priests and people roamed and also where alot of the obleisks around europe are nicked from. We had a guided tour ...

... as impressive as the thought of it being hand-chiseled out of granite, carved with the intricate stories and depictions, and carried by barge several hundred miles down the Nile where it was to be installed in a temple in Luxor. In fact, this is the thought which continually pervades our visits to the many temples, tombs, and monuments that we have seen--the size and scope of the structures, their amazing architecture and precision of design and construction and the feeling ...

... a decent bakery and bought some nice bread rolls before walking to the river for our felucca cruise. Rolf and Sasha (the Norweigians) had met some Spanish people in their hotel who had found a felucca captain and already done the required negotiations. We hopped on and set off only to float around a bit 10m from where we started! As it was overcast the wind wasn't blowing from the direction it normally does and so we were becalmed! Trust us to pick the ...

... a surreal experience climbing through this amazing tomb that had been designed specifically to keep people out. I saw the tomb of Tutankhamun from the outside but I didn't get the chance to go inside it cost extra and since all the artifacts had been relocated to there wasn't anything left to see other than his mummy. Once outside the Valley of the Kings complex we passed by the Temple of Hatshepsut which looked huge, with ...

... know the flood was coming and how good it would be for the farmers. The priests at this temple also used it to catch crocodiles, which they then mummified to appease Sobek. The mummified crocs were really cool.<br><br> That night was dress up night on the ship so we haggled and bough our galabyas and headdresses and headed back to the ship. Our whole tour group was decked out, even little Chelsea the 6 month old Aussie member of our group, and we had a great time at the ...