Cruising the Nile

We flew from Cairo to Luxor on Tuesday and we have arrived on our boat and like I suspected, the internet it not to go.  I have finally managed to get onto the one computer they have on board and try to up date.  We have had an amazing time in Luxor and our guide is the best we have had the whole time.  He is a young guy and just kind of gets it!   We have been into cafes, we have walked the city at night and ended up in a Mosque that has glimpses of ancient Egyptian pillars and writing within its walls.  He took us through the alleys and we stopped and had Turkish coffee while he had a smoke from a whopping great bong.  (tobacco only, Mum and Dad, no need to fret)  We have been to see all of the temples and also the Valley of the Kings, which is quite frankly staggering.  It was very hot and quite desolate, but the Egyptians managed to dig out tombs and change levels and make false walls to fool tomb raiders and then decorate the whole place out with pictures that tell stories and histories. There are no photos to be taken within the area (unless you pay a bit of a bribe to the guards who are there to prevent you taking photos!

I really just wanted to get something down on this blog for you, so that everyone knew I had not just decided to flag it!  I have still to figure out how to get the photos onto the blog, so that might have to wait.