El Nakhil Hotel

... our horse-drawn carriages to the Nile River – and then took a ferry across the Nile to waiting trucks that took us to El Nakhil Hotel and Restaurant for dinner.  (Note on that truck ride – bucket seats in the back of pick-up trucks.  ...

... and jack hammerish at times. Got a taxi for 50egp to the West bank – which is miles away – to our hotel El-Nakhil, down a little back alley. This hotel is costing 50aud per night, so pretty damn good and comfortable. Single beds again ...

... see and heard everything possible to try and get you into a shop to buy something. Back on the ferry, another nice dinner at El Nakhil, paid our bill of 1142.50egp (accom 4 nights, 2 dinners, 2 lunches, laundry) and we depart tomorrow for our flight ...

... to the morning than I wanted but all this heat & sun & travelling really gets to you. Had a civilised breakfast at our hotel – omlettes & toast before heading out to face the streets of the West Bank. Within seconds "taxi, you want taxi" ...

... . It seems that most of the camps and restaurants have house dogs and cats, and it makes us a bit homesick for our pets. The Nakhil Inn (our hotel) has 4 dogs: An alpha male “Foxy” who seems to know who is staying at the hotel, and barks at ...