Oasis Hotel Luxor

... temple as I had the place to myself, it was eerie and huge and I clambered around the place for a while before it was time to cycle back to meet Zeya.<br><br>After the ride back which was excrushiatingly hot, we got on the Felucca, bargained hard for a cheap juice and I bought some food from the supermarket for lunch. We then quickly moved hostels and it was 5pm suddernly. We had literally been out in the heat all day and my head felt like it was going to ...

... buy her postcards. She would not stop following me! She gave me the stare of death when I finally got into our van to leave. I am a kid magnet around here...<br><br>We finished up at the Pyramids around 4:45ish...which left us with a bit of a dilemma since our sleeper train to Aswan (yes, we took another sleeper train) didn't actually leave until 8:45... We had been told our strange lunch choice was made for time's sake, but we really had plenty of time, especially ...

... to our ship. I thought it was a really poor attempt at pirating or something, but it was actually a group of adolescents trying to sell tunics and beach towels. They had a very strange sales technique. They would throw the wares up to the deck in plastic bags, if the person wanted it, they would put the money in and throw it back to the kids, who would take the money and then throw the merchandise back up to the deck. The kids kept yelling "Rambo" "Ali ...

... to get to one piece of stone for a statue really is remarkable.  To think of the way these obelisks, many of which stand 30 feet high, were transported miles and miles from their quarry, is really impressive.  We also went to the Temple of Philae and during our cruise down the Nile river we stopped at the temple of Kom Ombo and Edfu.    Now I did mention that we were on a Nile River cruise, which took three days and ended today (May 11th).  This cruise, once named the Nile ...

... down the 3 km avenue of sphinxes, still being excavated, that join the temples.  Luxor also has a fine modern museum with some exquisite statuary. The archaeological discoveries at Luxor, where everything was covered in sand, go back more than two hundred years and consequently it is one of the oldest tourist destinations in the World.  Thus, as they are the primary source of income, it is very well geared up for processing tourists en masse, which can lead to a ...

... s amazing to think that the paintings and carvings within the tombs were created roughly 3500 years ago. Some tombs were small and some were unfinished. Still, it was cool to see it in person. Unfortunately, the tomb of Nefertari, which is hailed as the most spectacular in the country, was closed. It would have cost a pretty penny to see, but I would have easily done it. Maybe next time. <br><br>Luxor was a good ...