I was nervous, to say the least, about heading off for Luxor. As a rather noticeable blonde I'd had an enormous amount of hassle in other, arguably similar countries - so was well prepared to be hassled hal to death here to. And I wasn't. Hardly at all. In Morocco, for example, I was pestered constantly - and I mean constantly - often by several people at once. Here people came and talked. But they were friendly. They were lovely! Yes, sometimes they wanted to sell stuff, but a refusal was met with a polite response - not the blatant threats of being sold into the white slave trade encountered elsewhere! So that aspect was very important to me - it meant I could actually get out & experience the other stuff rather than hiding in my hotel room. The sights of Luxor really do need to be seen in person. You may have seen the temples on tele - but, believe me, that's absolutely incomparable to seeing them in the 'flesh', as it were. You can take a trip across the nile to the tombs for mere pennies (haggle on site - don't take a nasty tour operator trip - we spent about £10 each doing the tombs, including a taxi for the day - Kuoni wanted £35 for a shorter excursion). Food is ceretainly not a gourmet delight - it's bland international fare in the hotels - and fairly dodgy outside.
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Jul 26th, 2000
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