Day 94 to 97 - 1st to 4th February - Luxor & Nile Cruise Point of departure : Luxor Point of arrival : Aswan Accommodation: Ti-Yi Cruise Boat Km travelled today N/A Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? Aswan No of photos: 517 (cum 4 605) Luxor - known to the Greeks as Thebes and Waset to the Pharaohs. The Arabs named it El-Uksur (meaning palaces). The corniche (river front) lies on the east bank and is lined with riverboats (stacked three of four dee...

Day 93 - Luxor Point of departure : Aswan Point of arrival : Luxor Accommodation: Sofitel Hotel (www.sofitelhotel.com) Km travelled today: 287km (cum 17 455km) gravel 0km (cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? Nile Cruise (Luxor to Aswan) It felt good to be "back on the road again" (with the song in our minds) and the Beast purring as we headed north to Luxor to meet with Daniele and Simonetta Olivi (our friends and neighbours from ...

Day 90 to 92 - 28th to 30th January - Aswan Egypt Point of departure : Wadi Halfa Point of arrival : Aswan Accommodation: Basma Aswan Hotel, (www.basmahotel.com) Km travelled today: 65km (cum 17 165km) gravel 0km (cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? Luxor Total number of photos taken: 92 (cum 4 088) After checking in at the hotel, we all met at, believe it or not… Mc Donald's at 19h00 for good old fashion burger and French fries. Then a b...

EGYPT THE COUNTRY Fancy a little history and geography lesson …. read on, if not skip and move onto the next blog entry.(Source:www.worldmapmaker.com) The Flag (adopted 4 October 1984 - this version) Flag: consists of 3 equal horizontal stripes.The top stripe is red, the middle stripe is white and the bottom stripe is black.In the centre is an emblem of the Eagle of Saladin. Meaning: the colours are pan-African colours.The Red refers to the period before th...

Day 89 to 90 - 27th to 28th January - Lake Nasser & Aswan Point of departure : Wadi Halfa Point of arrival : Aswan, Egypt Accommodation: Ferry Km travelled today: 0km Countries so far: 8/16 Where to next? Aswan, Egypt Total number of photos taken: 45 (cum 3 996) We struck camp early and were ready to leave our "wild camp" by 09h00. Not sure what possessed us but we took a shortcut back to Wadi Halfa close to the Lake and Murphy's Law, the Be...