Onto a new adventure ! Ok - mini adventure. I've begun a cruise on the Nile. Mom has stayed back in Cairo. This morning I woke up at 4:00 am to catch a 6:10 plane to Luxor. I was so tired, I forgot my sunglasses, hat and picked up the wrong cell phone. One of my cousins drove me. Boy are the streets quiet at 4:30 ?!
I slept through the entire plane ride and landed in Luxor at 7:30am. A kind tour guide picked me, took pity on my hat situation and bought one for me. It was sooo sweet. And, he totally wouldn't take money for it. He helped me check in and directed me to be ready for my cruise guide.
I quickly put on sunscreen and headed they call the West Bank visit. The West Bank visit included three tombs in the Valley of the Kings, and Queen Hatchetsup's temple. They've changed to rules in the Valley of the Kings - tour guides are no longer allowed to enter the tombs and lecture. So, my tour guide gave me a brief history outside, and then sent me on my own to explore. The third tomb I visited - Ramses IV had Coptic graffiti in it from the 7th century, and people signing their names in the 1880's. Weird how people are ok doing that.
I slept through the entire plane ride and landed in Luxor at 7:30am. A kind tour guide picked me, took pity on my hat situation and bought one for me. It was sooo sweet. And, he totally wouldn't take money for it. He helped me check in and directed me to be ready for my cruise guide.
I quickly put on sunscreen and headed they call the West Bank visit. The West Bank visit included three tombs in the Valley of the Kings, and Queen Hatchetsup's temple. They've changed to rules in the Valley of the Kings - tour guides are no longer allowed to enter the tombs and lecture. So, my tour guide gave me a brief history outside, and then sent me on my own to explore. The third tomb I visited - Ramses IV had Coptic graffiti in it from the 7th century, and people signing their names in the 1880's. Weird how people are ok doing that.
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