If I could change this s***ty site I would but I'm stuck with it for now. Today I went to the West Bank. It is pretty much a cemetery for anyone who is anyone in old Egypt. They are all buried down here, Amenhotep, a whole bunch of the Ramses, Hatshepsut and of course Tutankhamen. All the tombs were robbed at some stage, mostly just after the pharaoh was buried. The ONLY tomb ever found intact was Tutankhamen and his stuff is now all over the world. His tomb is ...

The crooked taxi driver that wanted €15 to take me to Luxor yesterday eventually took me this morning for about €3. Then we ended up at the wrong hotel but it will do. They all quote crazy prices here. I was in the souq this arvo buying something and the guy started at 650. That is just crazy so I started at 10. I eventually got it for 50, and would have probably paid 100 if he started reasonably. I went to the Luxor temple this morning. It is massive. The o...

The cruiser is way better than I expected. "Sonnenklar"' it is old but still in pretty good nick. It's German, the passengers are German, the crew all speak German and all the signs are in German. I suppose I will survive, I know where my room is and the restaurant so that is the main thing. We are scheduled to stop at Esna, but I would also like to stop at Eddy and Kom Ohmbo. As it turns out I think we passed Kon Ohmbo just after dark so it was hard to take pho...