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Days 71-72: It’s sometimes unfairly said that cruise ships are for the newly wed and the nearly dead. As Kate and I still fall into the former category, we were perfectly qualified for two days and nights of luxury travelling from Aswan to Luxor.
After arriving in Aswan we took a look at the various ships […]

Day 71: In Edfu, halfway between Aswan and Luxor, we visited the Temple of Horus just as the sun was setting for the day. It was a mighty sight, architecturally imposing and impressively intact. Entering the temple we walked through the magnificent courtyard, into successive rooms with walls engraved from top to bottom with hieroglyphs […]

Day 70: What better way to wind down after a long day of travel than to spend a couple of hours on the Nile on the good felucca Relax? (That was the name of the boat. Relax. So we did.)
Helmed by an amicable pair of Nubian boatsman and business partners, we rounded Elephantine Island in […]

Day 69: After a shocker of a bus trip, this place really fit the bill. Kate described it as a budget option trying to do everything that it could to attain mid-range status.
This included staff with uniforms, daily room cleaning, inexpensive in-room wireless internet access, a safe, a fridge, a rooftop “pool” and a […]

Day 69: We’re back at the Hurghada bus station for the Upper Egypt Bus Company. The previous day we’d endured a crossing of the Red Sea in which our high speed boat lurched dangerously from right to left as it was tossed by extreme waves, some higher than the boat itself.
Attempting to board the […]