Blogs from Luxor, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa - page 30

Days 41-42 (Tue 6th Mar - Wed 7th Mar): Through another hotel I had booked myself onto a felucca to travel for two days down the Nile as far as Edfu and with a car from there to Luxor (120EGP = 18 Euros). I arrived at the waterside at midday and had a good look at the vessel. The felucca is quite a wide boat, about four or five metres at its widest, and something like ten or twelve metres long (for you 'imperialists', read 'yards' instead of 'metres'). Towards the front is a vertical mast to the top of which is attached a second mast over twice as long as the first, pivoting about two-fifths of the way up its length and tilting back at a steep angle. This second mast holds the sail which ... read more

Days 34-38 (Tue 27 Feb - Sat 3 Mar) At Dahab I had wanted to scuba dive in the Red Sea but, due to a problem with my ears (they're too big), I could not, so instead I contented myself with snorkelling at a spot known as the Lighthouse. The coral was not as colourful as I had seen on the Ningaloo Reef in North West Australia last year, but there was plenty of it and I was surrounded by colourful fish. I was also lucky enough to see three dolphins, although only at a distance. On another day I took a windsurfing lesson in which I found I could get moving but I struggled to grasp steering the thing. I had an hour's practice on the following day but the wind was very blustery and ... read more

We found ourselves asking this question more than on any other tour so far. We've seen lots of "old," but this stuff is really OLD! We started and ended our tour of Egypt in Cairo. This is quite the city -- 15 million people, traffic, horns, shoe stores, mosques, pyramids, high rises, casinos, vegetable carts, statues, markets, more traffic, louder horns, more shoe stores -- well, you get the idea! We began at the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities where we got to see real mummies including Ramses II and rooms filled with the treasures extracted from the world-famous tomb of the boy-king, King Tutankhamun -- or King Tut as we know him. Sorry, no pictures of the famous golden mask found on King Tut's mummy, but we did see it along with the solid gold coffin ... read more

Merhaba! I wrote a whole story about my last few days in Luxor,which have been very intense at many levels, but then the power was cut off and my writings were lost. So I will only write a poem I wrote this morning, in fact is says all I have to say....hahaha.. Tomorrow I take the train to Cairo and spend some days there to walk around in this wonderful city of many faces and, off course, my last chacra initiation at the Pyramids. For now, all my love Jonnie In graceful connection with Earth speaking to me for the first time, or is it me, listening for the first time? In hopeful expectation yet in free-will waving the waves with Earth Saying to me to untie the knots one by one Feeling this one-ness by ... read more

One thing that is so nice about travelling alone is that one can change plans at any time and as much as I want....hahaha..so this morning I decided to just stay in Luxor at Achmed's camp on the west-bank. During the last week I made some good friends and I just Love the camp and being in Luxor. So I will relax here, swim in the nile, see some more sights too like the valley of the queens and the Luxor museum. I booked a train next tuesday to Cairo so I will have enough time to visit the Pyramids at Gizeh and Saqqara (the last place I haven't seen yet). Then, when I return from South Africa, I will head for the Sinai for there is a special Hathor temple there that I want to ... read more