Luxor 4th & 5th June Our sneaky Felucca crew were up before the sparrows and started sailing the feluccas around 4.30am. When we woke up at 7am we were in a different spot than where we were when we fell asleep. We all got off the boat, toileted and onto the bus for a very early day.Our first stop was only about 5 minutes away - Komumbo Temple. It was built for the Gods Horus, and the Croc god, Sobek. We wandered around there for an hour or so before we...

Felucca cruising on the Nile 2nd & 3rd June 2010 We walked across the road with all our bags, down the the Nile where our 2 feluccas were waiting for us. They are traditional Egyptian sailing boats which consist of a big sail and the deck is a giant mattress. We got on the bigger of the two boats with 8 others and said hello to our felucca crew. I only remember one of them called himself 'Captain Smiles of the Nile' which was kinda ironic because he onl...

Aswan & Abu Simbel 1st & 2nd June 2010 We got off the train and straight on the bus to our hotel. We were lucky enough to be able to check in early (around 9am), which was really nice after 12 hours on a train. We showered and lazed about the hotel, in air conditioned comfort, for a few hours. We thought that we'd better do something with our day, so we decided to go and check out the markets at Aswan. We headed out about noon, and the heat just ...

Cairo Day 1 & 2 of Tour 30th & 31st May 2010 After leaving home at 6am and taking a 5-hour flight (with a pretty decent breakfast on board) we arrived into Cairo's International Airport around 4pm local time. We were met at the airport by a representative of our tour company, GoBus, who was transferring us and 5 or so others to our hotel.The transfer was a pretty scary experience as we learnt what Cairo traffic was all about. There are no lanes, c...

Last Days of the UK April - May 2010 This was really our last chance to earn some cash to fund our big summer adventure (and to get back what we'd lost from our volcano trip), so we were dedicated to doing nothing and working. We were concerned that being the last term of the academic year, we were going to be hard pressed to get some work. Luckily for me I had been booked for the full 6 weeks, and a challenging (then again, all London schools are challen...