Met an american girl at breakfast who had been working in Sudan. She had some great stories and was staying in Luxor with her Sudanese boyfriend. Not much happened today other than the police coming to the hostal to interrogate the guy from sudan. I was on the internet at the time and they must have been asking him questions for over an hour. All they wanted to see was his passport which his girlfriend had who was out!! The police dont really do a lot here and t...

A very late start today - 12 noon!!Starting to get settled here in luxor and not sure if i am meant to go to Dahab.... Tried to take the bus again and it left 10 minutes early!! Yeah i couldnt believe it aswell so after spending the money on the ticket and getting to the bus station i wasnt very happy!!The hostal owner helped me try to get a train ticket on the black market but even they had sold out to go via Cairo so back to the hostal for another night.....Spo...

Felt much better until i went outside and didnt feel too steady on my feet. Had an easy day today and went to the internet and lounged about upstairs on the roof top.Met an english guy who was staying the hostal and chatted to him for a bit.Went to hotel pool again and tried to take bus to Dahab at 4.30pm. Unfortunately bus was full up so bought my ticket for the next day.Went out with the hostal manager to eat proper egyptian food and to see belly dancing in a n...

Forgot to mention that i hired a bike last night from the hostal next door so i could make an early start to valley of the kings. I knew it was going to be 7km bike ride to valley of the kings so packed 2 litres of water in my back pack. The bike had no gears and the saddle was hard as nails but better than walking and only cost 1.50 for the day. The great thing was that i left the hostal at 6am and not much traffic on the roads as luxor traffic is chaotic. The b...

Had a lie in this morning and had breakfast and did some washing. Chatted to one of the hostal assistants as he assisted in hanging out my washing (think he wanted to practice his english and maybe see what i had in my washing bag!!!)Went to the hotel pool again as nice to have some peace and quiet. The hotel pool is 29 degrees and feels freezing but nice to cool off as the heat is around 40 degrees most days.Went to Mish mish restaurant and pigged out on salad a...