Hubs and I caught a 10.30am flight from Aswan to Abu Simbel.  From the airport, a free bus shuttled us to the site of this amazing temple.  Ramesses II had the temple carved into the cliffs of the Nile Valley…

Mahmud, the assistant manager of the cruise, gave us a tour of the ship as we were approaching Aswan.  He had taken a shine to us and made sure we were always looked after. He also lived in Italy for…

I was up at 4.40am to do a balloon ride over Luxor. My first balloon ride ever!  None of the others wanted to come so I did it alone with a bunch of other people. It was awesome – we…

After the craziness of Cairo,we were all bracing ourselves for an even crazier time in Luxor.  Hubs said about a hundred times that Luxor was bad for touts in your face trying to sell things.  And it was hotter than…

Our second day in Cairo was a relax and recharge day.  Hubs’ friends Sam (Syrian but Lebanese when feels like it!) and Ayman (Lebanese) were due to arrive about 8pm and our next ten days would be spent with them,…