We left the ship at 6:30am to catch a horse and carriage to Edfu Temple. The horse and carriage situation was interesting. Basically, post revolution the first tour group that came back attempted to use a bus to get to the temple from the river. The horse drivers rioted and destroyed the bus, telling the tour companies how dare you bring a bus when we are here trying to make a living. The problem is the drivers are aggressive, the horses aren't that well treated and especially with the current downturn are pretty thin. The sellers at Edfu Temple were also the most aggressive we've encountered so far. It was 30℃ at 7:30am, so thankfully we were only there for an hour, as we had to quickly get back to the ship before it departed again.
Despite the annoyances Edfu Temple was well worth visiting, it is beautiful. It seemed even taller than other temples and again was beautifully decorated with incredible hieroglyphics.
The rest of the day was spent cruising. About noon we went through the dam lock, during this time we were entertained by sellers on row boats. They'd throw items up to us in the hope we'd buy them. They'd call out in English, French and Spanish to see what we spoke. I don't think anyone on our ship bought anything despite their desperate attempts.
The views from the boat were pretty consistent, a narrow strip of green by the river and then sandy desert. With the occasional small town. It was so hot that I didn't even want to go on the sun deck to swim. We arrived in Luxor at 3:30pm and many on our ship quickly scurried off to see the temples. I'm so glad we have two days here and can go out in the mornings and avoid the worst of the heat. We've voted for a 7am departure tomorrow morning for this reason.
At 5.45pm, when it had cooled down a bit, we headed into Luxor for a quick look around. It was amazing to get off the ship and be right outside Luxor temple which is in the middle of down town and see families hanging out next to it.
Despite the annoyances Edfu Temple was well worth visiting, it is beautiful. It seemed even taller than other temples and again was beautifully decorated with incredible hieroglyphics.
The rest of the day was spent cruising. About noon we went through the dam lock, during this time we were entertained by sellers on row boats. They'd throw items up to us in the hope we'd buy them. They'd call out in English, French and Spanish to see what we spoke. I don't think anyone on our ship bought anything despite their desperate attempts.
The views from the boat were pretty consistent, a narrow strip of green by the river and then sandy desert. With the occasional small town. It was so hot that I didn't even want to go on the sun deck to swim. We arrived in Luxor at 3:30pm and many on our ship quickly scurried off to see the temples. I'm so glad we have two days here and can go out in the mornings and avoid the worst of the heat. We've voted for a 7am departure tomorrow morning for this reason.
At 5.45pm, when it had cooled down a bit, we headed into Luxor for a quick look around. It was amazing to get off the ship and be right outside Luxor temple which is in the middle of down town and see families hanging out next to it.
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