Returning to Luxor

Before I start, please pretend that this blog has been posted before the Valley of the Kings one! It was written etc beforehand, but the wifi we are on kept cutting out & thanks to blogger & apple not being logically aligned...I lost the whole @#$%^&* thing! So, bare with me please! Boy, were we glad to finally leave Abu Simbel! If you are reading this blog with a view of venturing forth to Egypt one day...TRUST ME...one night is ENOUGH! We did make use of the extra time by going to the Sound & Light show a second time, this time with the objective to listen more & not become overwhelmed by the artistry of the whole experience! Well...I tried, thats all I'll say about that!! Thanks to Egypt Air's efficiency we were delayed even longer than our self inflicted sojourn in this dead little town & when the plane finally left...we felt like cheering!! I was fortunate to have a window seat, from which I could snap a few photos of the lunar-like landscape, with tendrils of Lake Nasser making an appearance now & then. Our guide for the next few days, Moemen was at Aswan to meet us & for the next 5 hours we set forth for the west bank of Luxor! Once again, I had a great time watching real life outside the window...not managing to catch much on film though. Some of the pearls were...a very masculine truck with it's tray painted in floral designs & mud flaps in red, gold & green stripes.....tuk tuks wrapped in fabric, particularly amusing when traveling into the wind, as little balloons of fabric puff out like strange wings...the most cackle worthy though had to be something that farmers in both Australia & NZ would never do...fabric draped around the tractor cab, complete with braiding, fringe & TASSLES!!!!!!!! It was so exhausting doing all this watching that as soon as we got into our Hotel we flopped into bed. It's a tough life!