Vaguely re-assured, we headed out that evening by ourselves to the Karnak Temple sound and light show. There are various shows throughout the evening in various languages – although to be honest, the language was sort of irrelevant. As is typical for sound and light shows, the n

Our boat was called the Aton and was run by Selection Hotel. It’s not a conventional cruise boat, it’s more like a floating hotel. The next day the horror of our cruise began. We were surprised that the guide was supposed to pick us up only at 10 – quite late, consid

The Upper Egypt Travel bus we took from Hurghada to Luxor. The bus to Luxor was half an hour late. We were lucky to get seats. You can’t buy seats in advance (as it’s not an originating point), so there’s just a mad scramble to get seats as the bus pulls in. A family