Novotel Coralia Luxor

... definitely a nice way to spend an afternoon. We went back to the passport office and picked up my new visa extension and then we caught a taxi back to the hotel which I was allowed to pay for this time. Once back at the hotel I saw Patricia and she said she was heading up to the roof for lunch. I still had to finish packing for my room change and I wanted my laundry back so I went downstairs to wait for that. I eventually made it to the roof after ...

... Egyptian tea and Turkish coffee,<br>Or even have puff on the water pipe in oriental<br>Surroundings and much more. The tour include<br>Transportation to and from the jolie ville hotel<br><br>TOUR 9: BALLOON TRIP: 3HRS. 35:00 P.P<br>Do you want to get up with birds and watch the<br>West bank wake up, enjoy breakfast in the early<br>Morning sunshine then takes a flight in the hot air<br>Balloons see the west bank and Luxor like you have<br>Never seen it before ...

... Ram<br>headed sphinxes, past the first pylon and into the great court. We look at the temple of Seti II that has three small chapels that held the barques of Mut, Amun and Khonsu and opposite<br> this was the temple of Ramses II. Further on there are 3 colossal red granite statues of<br>Ramses II on either side of the entrance &#8211; one is now destroyed. Beyond the second pylon we ventured into the great Hypostyle Hall which covers 5500sq metres. In the hall is ...

... I ordered Mousaka with meat, tahini, a lemon juice, and water for about 45 pounds after receiving a student discount. Kind of unusual for a restaurant, but whatever. At this point I realized that the eggplant mousaka is my favorite dish in Egypt, although the meat took away from the flavor so from there on out I went vegetarian. After eating we were going to make the 20 minute walk to Karnak temple, but decided to get a horse drawn carriage and take a ...

... which we looked at and took. They kindly gave us a cup of tea and we went to the room which had aircon (BLISS) so we showered and felt human again and then cool we crashed out for a few hours emerging at midday as we were in need of sleep. Luxor is a small city and easily walkable. There is a massive Ramses 2 temple right in the centre of town called the Luxor temple, taking a whole block and the Nile is right beside the town and it looked lovely and fresh with the famous ...

... and now in English. I guess I should say a little about all 15 in our group and what I've learned out them over the past 7 days. It's always interesting to meet other people who go on these tours.<br><br>Alice is from England. She just left Goldman Sachs and will be going to Cambridge for a M Phil in Economics for one year in the fall. She's taking some time off this summer.<br><br>Jessica and Victor are both from Texas. Jessica is a grad student at the ...

... blocks and represent the Pharaoh<br>Amenhotep III. After that we stop a little way before the valley hoped off and boarded some older and smarter transport....donkeys. I couldn't resist I had to name my Kong, why Kong I hear some of you ask....isn't it obvious? Donkey Kong! Anyway we all rode our donkey and they are soooo much fun, easier and nicer to ride than camels and there is an added bonus, if ya fall you only fall about 1 foot opposed to 6 foot. Anyway once we ...

... deep within. The food is spicy and delicious, the people on the streets less rushed, the traffic more relaxed. These are the joys of Upper Egypt. The Nile here is everpresent, and life revolves upon the sustenance it provides. We had a wonderful time in Aswan, and had great experiences such a lovely sunset sail on a felucca, the type of sailboats found here on the Nile, encompassing a tall majestic sail atop a flatbottomed boat. These glide along the watertop, and lull one into a ...

... intended to take the bus to Sharm we had gotten funny looks like we were mad - one guy even phoned the airport for us to see how much flights were. In the Lonely Planet it said the journey was 12hours which seemed do-able, although our plane friend said it was closer to 17! Leaving Luxor we realised that the plane dude was going to be closer to the actual time as it must of taken 2 hrs just to get to the outskirts. We stopped lots of times for police ...

... form of travel. I did start when the piolet said he was getting out. It was an Egyptian landing soft and on a road. Loads of adults and children came to see and chatted to us. Everyone practicing their English. After that we went to the valley of the Kings, so very hot. I even went into all three tombs the first being a nightmare which got worse when the lights went out. I did manage to control a ...