Travel Day - Aswan to Luxor

Today is a travel day. Usually a little hectic but I would say, a little more hectic here. Haha. Everything is in Arabic and we are on our own. A bit of an adventure.

I don't want to bore you so I am suggesting that you stop reading here. To us, the afternoon was full of crazy experiences that can't be explained. You had to be here... but here is the calm version.

This morning, we ate breakfast packed up said goodbye to our Dutch friends, took the ferry to Aswan and then went into the souk to buy our grandkids some t-shirts. Negotiating a price in Egypt is a process that requires patience, good humour, conversation, some acting and a cup of tea. It can be fun as long as you aren't in a hurry. We did okay.

We returned to the island, had some lunch picked up our bags, took the ferry back to Aswan, got a taxi to the train station and then had to figure out the train system as everything was in Arabic.

We were told that there were no seats left in the first class cars at 3 pm so we saved ourselves a few Egyptian pounds and bought 2nd class tickets. We could deal with dirt for 3 hours. Lysol handiwipes came in handy.

We recognized the Luxor train station but rather than get hassled by all the touts we took a cab to the river. Our guesthouse sent a boat to meet us and to take us across the river to the west Bank where the house is located. We were in for a pleasant surprise when we saw our apartment!Read more