Today one of allahs seven brothers drove me and a finnish girl Nina around the west bank (we live on the east bank) to see the valley of the kings, the colossi of Memnon (2 18m high statues, built by Amenhotep III, of what the Greeks believed were Memnon who was slain by Achilles in the Trojan war) and tried to see Hatshpsut but it closed early. I then went to Luxor temple which is connected to karnak by a road of sphinxes. The Romans decided to destroy some of...

Today I Explored the city and went to karnak temple and have changed to a cheaper hotel (E£55) that Allah took me to, the view from my balcony is of Luxor temple (in the picture). I am now going to meet Allah again to go tothe second wedding party. My new Egyptian mobile number is: 01514026890.

Well the first thing I learnt about Luxor is who to go to for free books and postcards, opium, weed, alcohol, sex and someone who will apparently be my taxi driver for the whole of the middle east! And also not to get a taxi from the airport. I went out to find dinner and I met a man called Allah who took me to a cheap place with good food for E£20 and then invited me to his cousins wedding (there is a photo of her). In Egypt a wedding lasts 2 days, the first d...