Well, I guess is the final entry now we are back home. Our final day in Cairo was another great one. We started with a return trip to the Giza Plateau to see a bit more, and of course have another close-up look at the pyramids. Many people say they are disappointed when they visit the pyramids, but I just can't understand that. They are awe-inspiring, it is as simple as that. Even going back for a second time, and having seen them from our hotel for several ...

Two more great days of sightseeing in Cairo. Yesterday afternoon began, contrary to our expectations, with Coptic Cairo. That's an area of the city where the Christian community lived in the post-Roman time and is home to several ancient churches, the Coptic museum and even a synagogue, the first I have ever been in, as well as the oldest mosque in Africa. The churches were lovely, as a proud Englishman I was especially delighted with the many figures of St Geo...

Just landed back in Cairo this morning, after an early flight from Luxor. Sorry the updates are a few days behind, we have just been too busy sightseeing and chilling out to find time for writing! The rest of our stay in Luxor was brilliant. We saw and did everything we wanted to and more besides - all of the famous temples and tombs in and around the city, a trip to the temple at Dendara, a relaxing sunset felucca ride (not towed by a motor boat this time), ca...

Our journey from Aswan to Luxor was by road, after saying goodbye to our friend Ahmed. It's about a three hour drive, but with two temple visits on the way it took the whole morning. First stop was Kom Ombo, a split temple dedicated to two gods. It was fairly busy as a number of cruise boats were docked alongside, but as usual Magdi took us unerringly to the most important sites in the complex and brought it to life for us. We then continued to Edfu temple, whi...

Another day dawns sunny and hot over this beautiful city. We really do think that Aswan is a fantastic place, it is attractive, the people seem very friendly and it is easy and pleasant to stroll around. Today is a day to see a slightly different aspect of the area, with a morning "messing about in boats". The plan is to start with a ride on a felucca - the traditional Nile sailing boats - but, just our luck, a lack of wind means we have to be towed b...