First time for both of us. Quick cup of coffee on the boat and then it’s a short boat ride across the Nile to the West Bank and then about ten of us get into a balloon with our Pilot and we’re off. It’s magical, we are up before dawn and so see the sunrise over the Nile as we sail over Queen Hatshepsut’s tomb and the Valley of the Kings at 2,500 feet. Now it’s easy to get a grasp of the size of all the continuing excavation work taking place around Luxor. We get a ballooning T-Shirt and so my wardrobe expands by 33%.
We say goodbye to MS Hamees, our home for the last seven nights. It’s been good to have the same bed to sleep in for a while. We have one day left before leaving for India and so we taxi to the Nefertiti Hotel in Luxor and agree a room for LE160 (US$30)/night. (Loose wires dangle from the ceiling in our room but the room is fine and clean). It’s opposite the Luxor Temple and, like most of the hotels we choose, has no elevator and so we have to lug our suitcases up to the 3rd floor step by step. The hotel has a great rooftop “bar” (no alcohol license) with views over the Nile.
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