We arrived in Luxor at about 5am after a night on the sleeping train. I (bec) had been quite apprehensive about taking the train because although it was called a "luxury" train, I had heard some horror stories, especially regarding the toilets. But I was pleasantly surprised, it really wasn't that bad - mind you after what we had been staying in it probably made it look a whole lot better! The toilets weren't too bad either though not user friendly if y...

After a rather sleepless night in zurich due to the thousands of fire crackers going off in celebration of Swiss Day we arrived in Cairo. We had pre organised a transfer with our hotel - thank god - and had our first experience of driving in cairo, a real white knuckle experience as a passenger! But we arrived in one piece. Egypt was to be our "cheap" part of our trip and I had booked basic accommodation which I was a little dubious about, especially w...