Queens Valley Hotel Luxor

... and every time you use the shower, you clean the bathroom at the same time. It&#8217;s different, but we noticed that several rooms at the hotel were also of this design. Guess your bathroom gets cleaned the same time you do. We have a bench, coffee table and 2 chairs outside our door on a patio area right at the front of the boat. What a view. <br><br>We do a short reconnaissance of Luxor, and see the Luxor temple. On the way ...

... chips and of course more super sugary mint tea. One of the younger girls showed us around as she spoke good English and we sat and introduced ourselves and talked about the Egyptian way of life with them and i think it was very confronting for a lot of the group who didn't have much familiarity with Islamic customs especially in regards to male/female relationships, prior to coming to Egypt. She showed us her and her sisters room and ofcourse it was ...

... the colours of the paintings in the tombs. They were beautiful. Meanwhile outside the temperature was rising to 46 C and there wasn't a tree in sight.<br><br>It was only 9 or 10 am and we'd already rode donkeys for 1 1/2 hrs and then explored the famous Valley of the Kings. Next we hopped in box trucks (like an Egyptian tuk-tuk) and drove to Hatshepsut's Temple. The story of this temple reads like a soap opera. Queen dies, King remarries and new ...

... too much.<br><br>At least it is a dry heat, and not humid like other areas of the world I have visited - and so we are still getting out and seeing Egypt. For some reason we included a visit to the hottest place in Egypt, the temple of Hepshepsut in Luxor.

... were so colourful still after centuries. They depict how the deceased lived their lives. Hearding animals, teaching, eating and drinking - it was vry, very nice and we were back in time for lunch and more importantly missed the hottest part of the day.<br><br>Well. We had a boiring day today and have decided it is time to move on back up to Cairo. We miss Cairo, supprisingly, its just the long train journy there is not something to look forward to too much.<br><br><br>

... train station at 6:30...over two hours before our train was set to come...It really wasn't good planing, and given the way we'd been rushed through the Cairo museam (to a degree) and around the Pyramids and taken to a ****** expensive restaurant for time's sake, we weren't too happy.<br><br>But sometimes poor planning and screw ups can actually lead to good things, since this was by far my favorite time of the day, and was much more interesting for me.<br><br>The ...

... silver platters and the women drew henna on us. We sat on the ground on lavish cushions in the middle of a sand filled courtyard. The women cooking for us were loud a boisterous and welcomed us into their homes. It was quite a treat! Last night we boarded a Felucca boat (kind of like a flat decked sail boat) and sailed all day along the Nile from Aswan. We stopped for lunch and for dinner and slept under the stars on the deck of the boat. It ...

... the gallery), but these temples are so intricately decorated.  Every centimeter of the walls are covered in art and hieroglyphs and are in the original color as painted thousands of years ago.  King tut's tomb (having cost an extra L.E. 100)  was most impressive, only for the fact that it wasn't as extravagant as the others, and because his unwrapped mummy is still placed in the tomb for all visitors to see (well worth the extra money).    From the Valley of the Kings we ...

... andar por nuestra cuenta. Andamos casi sofocados hasta el templo, que se encuentra en medio de la nada. Después de algún problema de dinero con el chófer, compramos los billetes para el tren Luxor-Cairo. Nos quedamos casi sin dinero. El tren era esta vez de segunda clase pero viajamos realmente cómodos y frescos, durmiendo casi todo el trayecto. Sobre las 5 de la madrugada llegamos a El Cairo.