Day 98. Monday, November 8th. We are all Egyptians now.

I can’t beat the following quotes about Luxor (Ancient Thebes) and so will share them here. Lonely Planet quotes-Homer. The Iliad, Book 9.
“Royal Thebes, Egyptian Treasure-House of countless wealth, Who boasts her hundred gates, through each of which, With horse and car, two hundred warriors march.” And Lonely Planet then continues,
“There is simply nothing in the world that comes close to the grandeur of ancient Thebes. The setting is breathtakingly beautiful, the Nile flowing between the modern town and the west-bank necropolis. Scattered across the landscape is an embarrassment of riches, from the temples of Karnak and Luxor on its East Bank to the temples of Deir al-Bahri and Medinat Habu, the Colossi of Memnon and the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank.”
But we fly to India tomorrow and have just started our 90 day course of Malaria tablets. Now we notice that the packet states that we need to stay out of the sun, fat chance of that. We wonder what will happen.
Luxor is going up market, the Governor of this region is rebuilding the waterfront, excavating antiquities and restoring them well and the fancy hotels are being built to join the famous Winter Palace here. There is so much to see here but get here soon before the prices start to climb. We try to get into the Winter Palace for a drink and to look around this famous hotel but we are refused entry. 1) We are wearing shorts, 2) Mrs. Mubarak is about to arrive. We’ll go and improve our appearance and try again later and then tell Mrs. Mubarak to do something about the litter.
We have spent more than three weeks in Egypt and Jordan and will be back, Inshalla- we have had a fabulous time and we now love Egypt and its people and places.
Goodbye Egypt and Assalam Alaikum. (Peace be with you).