I came to an "all inclusive resort" for a change. It is expensive but so far worth it. The room I am in is the best room I have ever had anywhere in the world. It has sitting area with TV, huge bathroom and comfortable bed. All meals and drinks are covered so I'm trying to get my money's worth. It is a long way out of Hurghada so there is nothing to do here but relax on the beach, swim and sit around drinking beer. I will try to make the most of if for a couple o...

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...

After the false start yesterday I was on the 3.30 mini bus today. I did my permit yesterday, you need a permit to travel that way. I got picked up on time and went down with 8 Japanese. They all slept all the way there so it was a quiet trip. When we got there at about 7 the driver said be back here no later than 8.45? My intention was to stay overnight. So I went to look at the temples and see what happens. The temple of Ramses II is about 200mtr from its orig...