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Giza - Luxor - Nile Cruise
March 16, 2020 in Egypt
We went to Cairo Airport for our internal flight to Luxor. Upon arrival, we explored the fascinating
Karnak Temple, dedicated to the Pharaoh Amun, and once linked to the Luxor Temple by the 3km
long Avenue of Sphinxes. In the afternoon, we went to the Luxor cruise port to embark a four-
night Nile River cruise. We found out that we had no internet available on the boat, nowhere to
buy a sim cards. Uncertainty of our outcome with limited info. Very frustrating.
We were asked to paid for new airfare to get out of Cairo on 22 March by midday. We have to pay
$A1900.00/person extra. That afternoon, we did some shopping along the Nile.
ABOUT
Luxor is a city on the east bank of the Nile River in southern Egypt. It's on the site of ancient
Thebes, the pharaohs’ capital at the height of their power, during the 16th– 11th centuries B.C.
Today's city surrounds 2 huge, surviving ancient monuments: graceful Luxor Temple and Karnak
Temple, a mile north. The royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens are
on the river’s west bank
Clear day Altitude
☼ 28 °C 64m
