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It's finished. We are going back home. After packing our bags we all met on the upper deck to play an ultimate game of UNO. At 12.15 we said goodbye to Mervat and the rest of the group who were continuing their voyage. As our mini-group travelled together we felt on holiday until the arrival in  […]

Alarm clock at 7am, the weather is beautiful and the wind seems to have fallen down a little (it was two days that there was wind).
At 8 am departure for the temple of Karnak .

We could have a lay-in that morning so I slept until 10am. During this time we passed the lock of Esna and Christelle took some pictures. At 1pm, we left to Luxhor to go for a walk in a barouche. We saw the temple of Luxhor, of Karnak and we cross a copte village. We stop in a copte catholic mission  […]

Réveil à 7h, mais je ne me sens pas bien du tout. La veille s'était Christelle, maintenant c'est mon tour. Maladie du touriste pour ne pas nommer le vrai problème!
Le matin nous sommes allés visiter le temple de Philae à Assouan.

Levées à 6h et départ pour le temple gréco-romain d'Edfou (temple d'Horus). Il est gigantesque et les dessins sont magnifiques. On se sent tout petit face à cet édifice. Les hiéroglyphes sont très bien conservés, de véritables bandes dessinés. Les grecs quand ils ont envahis Égypte se sont intégrés  […]

Wake up at 7am, departure for the valley of the kings at 8am.

This morning we were allowed to have a lay-in, of which I did not deprive myself. Wake up at 9 am, breakfast at 10 and tidying up of the room which has to be empty at 10.30. Because we start our day at 11.30 am, we stayed near the swimming pool (too much cold to bathe). Christelle teached me how to play Rumicube, which is the same principle as Rami , but with pawns like domino or Scrabbles with figures. It's a cool game and I won the two games that we played (beginner luck!)
Then we left for the airport to make a one hour flight in direction of Luxor where our cruising boat waits for us.

After a good night sleep, we still woke up at 7am (who said that it was holiday?) to go to see the pyramids (FINALLY!)