Category: 2019

Today saw a change to the planned itinerary, but that is the joy of running your own schedule – you can change things. Most of our group wished to explore what the shops of Luxor City had to offer, so we packed them off with a local chaperone leading the charge. Western Valley The remainers leapt […]

After an early breakfast, and with sunscreen, hats, and water on board, we set out for the world’s most famous cemetery. The Valley of the Kings. Tutankhamun KV62 In an attempt to beat the gathering crowds of tourists, we made our way straight to KV62, the final, and current, resting place of Tutankhamun. Our Luxor […]

This morning’s quest demanded walking shoes as we were about to hit the tombs of the New Kingdom elite. Maybe tomb is the wrong word, as all of these sepulchres are really a combination of a final resting place and a memorial temple, in that each one, while containing a place for burial, is actually about […]

Breakfast looking across the Nile, watching the last of the hot air balloons as they finish their early morning flights.  One can’t really complain. The West Bank Today, we start on the West Bank.  Grabbing water, hats and sunscreen we piled into the minibus that was to take us the comparatively short distance to our […]

A lazy start to day 2 for most of the team, as yesterday had been so long. We only finally arrived in Luxor around midnight, and most of us had been on the go since the morning of the day before. The Avenue of Sphinxes After a quick breakfast, it was up to me to […]

Arrival After a long and fairly sleepless flight, team GnT arrived at Cairo International. Immigration was straightforward although a recent rule change meant that we had to collect our luggage rather than leaving it to be automatically transferred to our later flight to Luxor. Falafel Sandwiches Moments later we were in our mini-bus and heading […]