Day 6 - 95 km past Qena and into Luxor. Should be easy. From Qena most of the way to Luxor there are kids everywhere, all yelling and waving, some right beside the road wanting high-fives. Most are kids. Some are mean. Not just heavy-hitting high-fives but a couple of riders were grabbed and nearly pulled off the bike. Somebody swung a stick at one rider, maybe trying to get it into the spokes. Meantime traffic is going by in its usual chaotic fashion. Truck frivers seem to give us good space though. Then the convoys of tourist bussed, police escort, very fast. Arrive in Luxor at noon and get hotel room and a hot shower.
Along the way... the kids
And high-fives....
An elderly Egyptian chasing Ursula on his bike.
Notice the satellite dish on the roof behind the kids.
Evening excitement - a sail on a felucca on the Nile at sunset - about twenty of us - got started a bit late, felucca essentially becalmed so they got a tow from a powered sightseeing boat. Left the sail up. Control a bit didgy. Eventually we run into another boat. All very frantic but no damage and lots of fun.
Friday was a day of rest in Luxor - did the ancient sites - all wonderful stuff done 3000 years ago without modern technology. Rather impressive how wll organized the ancient folk were although I doubt that the builders on temples in ancient Thebes were considered comfortable and affluent. No pictures from the sites yet, but here are some from the first four days:
Let the expedition begin - up on a hill behind the pyramids.
The first flat of the entire tour, ten km from the pyramids.
day two - somewhere in the desert....
Day 4 - near Hurghada
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