Drive to Luxor

Greetings,

Today we traveled from Safaga, Egypt (a port city on the Red Sea) to Luxor.

It’s about a 3 ½ hour drive through the desert then along the River Nile. Every 5 to 10 minutes we were stopping at various security check points, which made for an interesting outing. During the bus ride we were able to see the daily life of Upper Egypt. It was quite interesting.

There are many canals off the Nile River.... and life along these waterways seems to be a hard one. Houses are made of mud and brick with thatch roofing. Livestock is kept just outside the front door.

It is the first time I saw real haystacks stacked up after harvest.

Houses are quite close to the banks....

With the primitive style housing... there are still satellite dishes on the roofs.

Then we reached more "citified" areas... where there were towns. People gathered near the various stores... or were sitting outside their homes socializing with their neighbors.

There were sooo many security checkpoints.. not sure how secure there were, but they were there nonetheless.

We had an quite the Egyptian experience along the 3 1/2 hour drive from Safaga to Luxor. Only problem... was it takes the same amount of time to travel back to the ship... and oh how my lower back and bum are already achy!

Blessings to those along for the ride,

Kristie