Luxor General Tips by kenmerk

Favorite Thing: Upon checking into our Nile cruise ship for the 4 day journey from Luxor to Aswan, I opened the curtains to see what view the would provide...

Feluccas sailing the blue nile ? Nope, sorry, not today.... its was another cruise ship docked just centimeters away.

So rather than sitting back and watching the sail boats glide by, I guess I had to be content with watching the other boat's chef chop the vegetables....


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Favorite Thing: You are likely to get this kind of sales approach in Luxor (and elsewhere)...

"Mister, mister, felucca ride, only one dollar !!!"

But if you inquire into actually taking the sailboat ride, they change the story to "one dollar to LOOK at the felucca boat, its five or ten bucks if you actually want to RIDE one... I saw this approach with t-shirt, trinkets, and most anything else that a tourist might want to buy...

I know, they are just trying to make a living, but I probably would have bought/done more stuff if they were a little more straight forward...


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Favorite Thing: Careful with the kids here in Luxor, I took a picture of this bunch, and tried to give them a Epyptian pound or two to buy some candy.

Wrong move... As soon as they saw money they started going into a feeding frenzy, with a bunch of other kids jumping out all pushing and grabbing. Run away!!! Run away !!!!

I actually aborted the attempt and made a strategic retreat. This was a much different experience then I had with kids in the "non-tourist" areas in Cairo, who couldn't be more friendly and helpful.

So, I guess it is best to spend all you time in Luxor viewing monuments, and save the socializing for elsewhere....


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Favorite Thing: I always seem to find myself is out of the way places on Christmas day. This year is was aboard a "Love Boat" type cruise ship docked in Luxor ready to set sail for Aswan.

Last year was aboard the Welllington-Picton Ferry in New Zealand, and the year before was up in the heart of the Golden Triangle in Northern Burma drinking moonshine with some hill tribers...

Suppose one day I'll settle down for the a more traditional Christmas ...


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Favorite Thing: And staying in this type accomodation whilst visiting some of the greatest and oldest monuments known to man did seem to be quite the contradiction:

By day walking in the shadow of Ramses the Great, by night swilling beers to the 70's polyester soaked music of Tom Jones and the Like...

Sexbomb sexbomb you're a sexbomb
You can give it to me when I need to come along!!!!!

Sexbomb sexbomb,, you're my sexbomb
And baby you can turn me on turn me on darlin'
Sexbomb sexbomb you're my sexbomb sexbomb
And baby you can turn me on un huuuuh!!!

Well, I guess Tom is something of a mythical figure in his own right...


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