Days 44-46, Fri 9th Mar - Sun 11th Mar: Following breakfast Ruby and I were driven, again in a flat-back truck, to Edfu where I wholeheartedly thanked Ruby for giving me a fascinating insight into egyptian village life. We then parted and I was free to explore the temple there. Edfu Temple, which is dedicated to the sun god Horus, is over 2000 years old, is very well preserved and similar in design to the temples at Komombo and Philae. Having had a good look around it I boarded a minibus, which was the equivalent to the one I would have taken the previous day, which took me to Luxor, the ancient city of Thebes, where I was booked into a 30 EGP (4.5 Euros) per night hotel. I explored some of the town, which felt
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