EGYPT, NILE CRUISE

 September16 to 19, 2024

We have been without internet for several days. During all this time I have still been quite ill with bronchitis…it seems forever since I’ve felt well. I am recovering, but too slowly for my liking! Still coughing and out of breath and, the temperatures in the high 30’s and low 40’s aren’t helpful.

We flew from Cairo on the 16th, and boarded our cruise ship, Sonesta St. George in Luxor. We visited temples in Luxor and Karnak. We have Abdul as our Egyptologist guide. He is very knowledgeable but also very detail oriented. Consequently, we spend many hours seeing and learning about the temples. I think we’re almost able to read hieroglyphics ourselves ! The photos below are not necessarily in the order we saw them but I’m just trying to add a post while we have internet. This is our last night aboard the Sonesta. Tomorrow we have a short flight to another temple and overnight in an hotel. The next day we return to Cairo and stay two nights. Our last day is touring the Egyptian Museum, and we leave Cairo for home. We will be up for more than 24 hours travelling back to Vancouver…not looking forward to that but will be glad to get home!

Below is the temple for Ramses

One of the temples we visited was a short distance from our boat so we travelled by horse and buggy to the site. That was an experience! There was a traffic jam consisting of horse and buggies, cars, vans, buses, tuktuks, and pedestrians! One of our fellow boat passengers had a collision with their buggy and a car!

In the photo below are some vendors who have attached their boat to ours in the hopes that someone will purchase their wares.

Below we are travelling through one of the locks on the Nile.

This is a very poor country with obvious class differences. At every temple you are bombarded by hawkers, vendors, and children begging. Lots of horse and donkey carts used for transport and tuktuks as well.. Everyone is trying their best to survive by selling you something, and they’re very persistent!