We arrived in Egypt after a long day of flying and a near miss on our connecting flight to Cairo from London. After being shuffled through swine flu screening, customs and baggage we were greeted by our driver, a sweet little man and his daughter. Between the Egyptian tea we were served at 11pm, the power outage that lasted from 1am to 3am, the heat and the call to prayer at 4.05am we didn't get much sleep. However that didn't stop us from waking up bright and early for our tour of the pyramids the next morning. It was an awesome day, complete with a stop at an authentic Egyptian fast food joint for lunch that turned out to be SO delicious.Here are some of the highlights:
overlooking the Nile in Cairo
our sweet rides as we tour the PyramidsAfter a full day of the pyramids and strolling through the Egyptian museum, we were excited to leave Cairo and head south to Luxor. So back we went to the airport and hopped on a flight...
We were picked up in Luxor by our hostel, the 'Bob Marley Hostel,' true to it's name there were posters and paintings of the famous Rastafarian everywhere, quite the theme they had going. In fact, it was a much nicer place than our hostel in Cairo. In Cairo for $30 a night, we stayed in a hostel that came complete with cockroaches, a malfunctioning toilet and 11 new mosquito bites; whereas in Luxor we paid $12 dollars a night for a room sans insects, AC, a heaping breakfast and a toilet that flushed (such luxury in Luxor, haha). Despite our new digs, the room stayed around 85 or 90 degrees while it soared to 115 outside. Once again, nothing stopped us from seeing pretty much every sight out there. We toured "Valley of the Kings" where we got to see lots of tombs from ancient Egyptian Pharaohs and the Karnac Temple which was quite the sight...and a few other neat places I can't remember the names of. And for $50 we even got to sail around on a Felucca (traditional Egyptian sailboat) for a couple of hours. Too bad there was no wind and we ended up being pulled by a tugboat.
We were picked up in Luxor by our hostel, the 'Bob Marley Hostel,' true to it's name there were posters and paintings of the famous Rastafarian everywhere, quite the theme they had going. In fact, it was a much nicer place than our hostel in Cairo. In Cairo for $30 a night, we stayed in a hostel that came complete with cockroaches, a malfunctioning toilet and 11 new mosquito bites; whereas in Luxor we paid $12 dollars a night for a room sans insects, AC, a heaping breakfast and a toilet that flushed (such luxury in Luxor, haha). Despite our new digs, the room stayed around 85 or 90 degrees while it soared to 115 outside. Once again, nothing stopped us from seeing pretty much every sight out there. We toured "Valley of the Kings" where we got to see lots of tombs from ancient Egyptian Pharaohs and the Karnac Temple which was quite the sight...and a few other neat places I can't remember the names of. And for $50 we even got to sail around on a Felucca (traditional Egyptian sailboat) for a couple of hours. Too bad there was no wind and we ended up being pulled by a tugboat.
Pete at a temple , Luxor's West Bank Me, way too hot at Karnac Temple, Luxor
Felucca at Sunset on the Nile
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