Monthly Archives: April 2008

This was our last day of the Egyptian holiday and we spent sometime sort of doing our own thing around the town. Joan and I for example in a jewellers shop where they had made some special clip earings for her, so I finally have solved the belated birthday present problem. During our few days … Continue reading »

We had booked for a balloon flight over the Nile. But these things need to happen early so we were taken across the river in the dark, the procedure was obviously well practiced because tea and coffee was available on the boats at 5 in the morning, great idea. We were transported from the west … Continue reading »

We were to be picked up for transfer back to the hotel at 1.15 p.m. so had some time to kill this morning after packing. just across the road from the cruise ship moorings is the Luxor museum which Anne told us was a very good museum, so had to be worth the effort and … Continue reading »

Our last official day of the cruise and its associated tours, tomorrow the six of us move back to the hotel on the Nile again, until Thursday and are planning a few things for ourselves, such as being able to stay in bed past 6.30 a.m. The early start this morning was so that we … Continue reading »

We felt the boat start up and bump in to the lock at 5.30 a.m. and we were told later that our captain had delayed the start so that we could get the most of the sailing done during daylight hours. The arrival in Luxor was after breakfast at around 9.30 a.m. so we were … Continue reading »

Bryan and I had an early call, 2.15 a.m. to be exact, so that we could grab a quick breakfast and then set off at 3.15 a.m. for Abu Simbel and the Nubian Temples. The Abu Simbel temples are among the most famous along the banks of the Nile in this most southern part of … Continue reading »

Breakfast at 6 a.m. as we were being taken by boat trip, to the Botanical Garden on Kitchener Island, really quite a restful place with many of the trees and shrubs that we ourselves see around Cyprus. The small boat trip to and from the island early in the morning was worth the effort. During … Continue reading »

We finally felt the boat moving in to the lock at around 4.30 a.m., which meant we had been waiting in the stack for some 18 hours just to go further down the river. Rather takes the edge off the cruising bit, clearly just too many boats all doing the same thing. All along the … Continue reading »

Our Nile cruise is to start here in Luxor and to cover some 210 kms until we reach Aswan, with various stops on the way to visit some of the really historic sites of ancient Egypt. We felt the boat start moving at around 5 a.m. but as it was clearly a little early to … Continue reading »

We are moving on to the boat at 12 noon today so hopefully I will get some internet connection here in the hotel before then and get this lot uploaded before somebody complains. We were collected at 12 noon from the hotel and taken to our cruise boat The King Tut. We found the bar … Continue reading »