Thursday, April 9, 2009 Thebes, Egypt We needed to get up very early this morning for our 4:30 departure. We descended the stairs of our hotel to an awaiting boat. It was mystical as we saw the golden full moon as it was about to set and its reflection on the very still Nile. It was peaceful as we crossed from the east side of the river to the west bank. Here a breakfast/picnic was awaiting us as we arrived in time to see the sunrise behind the city of Luxor....

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Luxor, Egypt We had a little time to explore the town of Esna on our own. I decided to leave my bag behind in the room since we would not be gone too long. We saw the temple here from the outside but did not pay the admission fee. There were some great street shots of the town. When I returned to my room I found that it had been locked by the housekeeper and I asked him to open it. He tried his master key and it didn't work. The duplica...