Luxor, Egypt
March 19th, 2008
Good: Watching the sunset over the Nile. It is so iconic and here we are. Wow!
Surprising: Kalin and Maya like Cairo much more than the Red Sea or Luxor. Guess they like crowds and family!
We arrived in Luxor on March 17th after a 10 hour train ride. It was a lovely trip along the Nile through fertile fields. We passed many donkeys along the way.
Luxor is a lot smaller than Cairo, but still pretty crowded. We had a bad moment when a 'crazy' man hit Kalin with a baseball cap. I got furious; Kalin cried. The people around us responded well, but it was intense.
Our hotel has a rooftop restaurant with a great view of the Nile and Valleys on the other side. The Luxor Temple lit up at night was a lovely way to visit this site. Today we go to the Valley of Kings, Valley of the Queens, and Hatchesput's Temple. It will be our biggest tour day here- six plus hours.
Pictures: Two from the Red Sea-overlooking the bay from our hotel and loveduck on the glass bottom boat. The third is with my family. These are my cousin Effat's family: Fatma (his wife), Noha (daughter), Habiba (Gradndaughter) and Mahmoud (son). They have been soooo great to us.
3 comments:
JEALOUS!!! That is all I can say.
Thanks so much for posting the great pictures, Laila! We're thinking of each of you everyday. Bev and John
It is so-o-o-o pathetic, but every time I read/hear *Luxor*, I think of Vegas. And I never even saw the imitation on my sole visit there!!!!
I hope you will have some type of slide show for us to see after you return!
--Donna
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