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Published: April 3rd 2006
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To not say anything if you don't have anything nice to say.
We are in Luxor, the apparent hassel capital of egypt.
I'll give some highlights and maybe when I am less jaded and less pissed off I'll write more about our experineces.
We went to Aswan via train, the train was ok and we had the entire compartment to our selves. It was a night train so we even got to sleep a little.
Aswan was, by far, the place closest to hell that I have ever been. Nothing terribly wrong with it except its occupants. The nile is quite pretty down south.
We hiked in the desert and booked a trip t Abu Simbel, very close to the sudanese border.
Abu simbel was as touristy as it gets. But for very good reason, the statues were absoultly stunning, and huge.
We also booked a 3 day 2 night felucca trip to Edfu from aswan. We didn't leave on time and certainly did not spend three days sailing and our captain molested a woman on our boat. Ah, I guess we are still in africa.
Anyway, we are in Luxor for a few days. Tomorrow we will see
Aswan
tomb of the nobles valley of the kings, queens and a few temples. I'm a little templed out, Paul is still excited bout reliefs and ruins, but how can I not go?
Sorry about the blog, but I'll try and cheer up before the next one. This is just to let people know we haven't been whisked off to Jordan or something.
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Rob
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Sunny
To quote (or misquote) from a Monty Python film "always look on the sunny side life..." Of course it's little hard to find the sunny side when you find yourself in a very tough spot. Cheers