Tutotel Partner Hotel Luxor

... to eating here tonight! Oh well will do it when we come back to Luxor.

We arranged a taxi into town which is about a 5-7 minute drive and went to The Taste of India for dinner. Ordered up big as we do and Pete had a Vindaloo curry, Lamb Korma, 2 x huge naan & I had a chapati with Chicken Tika Marsala. We ordered 2 beers which because we were so full and a bit tipsy we couldn't finish. We arranged to call Mara ...

... the McDonalds [on the left about a few blocks down, you'll know which one it is by the lines and the empty falafel vendor right next to it]. It was great as 4 large pita sandwiches were only 8 pounds, about the same cost as the drink I got at McDonalds where we took them to eat at since they have free Wi-Fi and A/C with the best view of Luxor temple in town.

The rest of the night was relaxing as we had to leave at 7pm to go catch our train ...

... expect to be impressed..but I was. I rather liked a painting of Abu Simbel, but wasn't up for the logistics of carrying it around. We did get a small souveneir papyrus..and back to the boat we went.
Lunch was good, ate too much..we set sail down the Nile...and the time for a swim and watching the world go by on the banks of the nile under the deck shade. A nap was had, afternoon tea and then back to the room for a shower, some ...

... hard to imagine what they could have done if their energy had been focused in a different direction.

Anyway, the night before heading to the Cairo Museam we learned an unfortunate fact that was probably in the fine print, but I never bothered to check and made the assumption that GAP would try to organize the best tour possible (which I've learned is the wrong assumption...). The mummy room at the Cairo Museam, housing 11 royal mummies, was not included in our ...

... prayers, annointment, and animal sacrifices to the gods. Truly amazing. The heat of the day (36 degress) made a visit to this site difficult and Bonnie and I were virtually attached to our water bottle. Later that night we returned to attend a Sound and Light show, which in the darkness of the night left me with an eerie feeling, as if the souls of all who had pssed before us were still present in the shadows. Either that, or the exposure to the day's sun had turned my ...

... of our current civilisation (you may wish to go back further) then it has so far lasted less than 250 years.  In contrast, the 3000 years that the ancient Egyptian civilisation lasted is immense and it must have seemed that it would go on for ever!  I certainly cannot see our civilisation lasting a fraction of that time if it continues on its present course.  The other surprising thing is how little change there was over many centuries in the style of their sculptural ...

... my backpackers and paid 25 EGP which is about 3 GBP for a single room which is ok. The staff were not the most freindly and the room was not the best but I dont mind to much you dont really spend much time in there so who cares anyway. I wanted to hire a bike to go and see the west bank but I got chatting to a couple of kiwi guys who were travelling from Greece to South Africa and they had arranged a cheap 45 EGP tour of the west ...

... We kept on driving and we finally made it to Luxor. When we got to the hotel some of the group had to stay and talk to the man that would take them on the hot balloon ride in the morning but I went and enjoed a nice hot shower!!! It is so good to be back at the Emilio. I took out all the clothes that I needed to be washed and then took out everything from my suitcase and shook out all of the sand - I made a nice little pile on the floor!! I also noticed just how damaged my suitcase is ...