Shady Hotel Luxor

... Peter. Once they were gone I went back to writing in my journal. It started to get dark on the roof so I went back to my new room and had a shower before our last group dinner. We were supposed to meet on the roof and we still needed to organise our tip for Mohamed, I was supposed to write on the envelope but I couldn't think of anything clever so I decided to wait and ask Mark and Willy. I was upstairs waiting and Mohamed arrived but the rest of the ...

... visit to Philae temple unfinished<br>Obelisk, high dam, Botanical Island, camel rideor motor<br>Boat to Nubian village or altertive optional to the Nubian<br>Museum. DON'T MISS IT<br>IT&#8217;S THE EGYPTAIN RIVIERA<br>1-OVER DAY 65:00 P.P\OVER NIGHT 75:00P.P TOUR 12: ASWAN &amp;ABY SIMBEL (full day)<br>Flay to Abu Simbel via Aswan to visit the great temple<br>Of Abu Simbel built by ramses ll over looking lake Nasser. FULL DAY 140:00 P.P<br><br>TOUR 13 ...

... the tallest in Egypt at 30m high. It is stunning and in prime condition. After Hatshepsut's death, her<br>stepson Tuthmosis III eradicated all signs of her reign. The sacred lake according to Heradotus was where the priests of Amun bathed twice a day and nightly for ritual purity. The giant scarab is dedicated by Amenhotep III to Khepri a form of sun god. It truly is an amazing place. <br><br>After wandering for quite sometime, we decided to head back into town ...

... It takes a good 5 minutes to cross it, and it was a pain for us since we did not notice the ticket counter the first time, and had to walk all the way back to buy tickets, then back again to the temple. For future note, the ticket counter is after the mini museum with the diorama of the site, 180 degrees around [looking back at the building] on the right next to the gift shop in a tiny window on the wall. Anyway, student tickets are 35 pounds, and ...

... and stone. Very very good it was an excellent way to understand the Luxor area as it has nearby across the river ,the valley of the kings and next to it the valley of the queens and the great complex of Karnak a little way out of time on this side of the Nile. From here we strolled into the market area known as the souq and again fended off touts but less aggressive than Cairo it was more pleasant seeing the lovely spice stalls selling colourful and aromatic spices as well as ...

... 34.<br><br>Ben and Leslie are newlyweds from Vancouver...They are seriously newlyweds. They got married in Santorini the Monday before the start of the tirp, but they had quite a pre-wedding and a short true honeymoon in Greece before coming to Egypt. Leslie is a travel agent and Ben does tech crew professionally for a theater company. He has been on the crew on shows pretty much all over, including a tour of China. Leslie is 25, Ben is 27.<br><br>Emma and Lee are ...

... water went down the tomb the burial chamber would still stay dry. After see this great tomb we went to Ramesses III tomb and the art work in here was amazing the colours were so bright and you can't believe that this is over 2500yrs old! After these two tombs we decended the hidden entrance (well all the tombs had hidden entrances) to the most famous tomb of modern time... Tut Ankh Amun. Although during his time he was not famous at all and died very young hence his tomb ...

... we took another motorboat to visit a Nubian village down the Nile, in which the people live as they have for hundreds of years. We were invited into a home and offered a drink. Furnishings and decor were eclectic, as they ranged from hand painted murals, crocodile heads (yes, there are crocs on the Nile, but not this far upstream), various wall hangings, and of course the traditional satellite dish!! This is 2009 afterall. Camels wandered the streets, either alone or in ...

... they cooked the bread and justifiably proud of the end results. The women next door came in to help cook it. The Nubians are a very merry and beautiful people. The children haver the most beautiful manners. I wwent on my own to the Luxor temple, I think I am just about templed out. To night we catch the night train to Cairo about 22.00, I do hope it will be a lot cooler than this. Speak to you soon FrankieX

April 6th - Nile Saray This morning we were nervous as we weren't sure the agent would pick us up a promised to take us to the cruise ship. We proved to be wrong to doubt him as he turned up early and dropped us off at the ship. As we checked in he did refer back to my questioning his integrity at our first meeting so I apologised again and told him about the bad stories I had heard about some agents in Aswan. The Nile Saray turned out not to be the best boat ...