[01.10.2007] Firstly - sorry about the title, I was having trouble remembering her name and our guide told me to remember it as Hat, Cheap, Suit! Getting There We were booked onto a river cruise, and our boat was docked just outside Luxor Temple, that morning we were all woken up early for a 7am breakfast and then piled onto a coach. The trip from Luxor Temple (on the East Bank of the Nile), by coach to Deir El-Bahri & Egyp [more]

[23.04.2007] Day 1 in Egypt, site number 2 (and it is only 09:30), so let's do away with the babble and launch right in.... What's this place all about then? The Valley of the Queens is the burial site for the Queens & children of the Pharaohs of the 18th, 19th & 20th dynasties (1550 - 1070BC). It is said that there are about 70 (some claim as many as 85) different burial sites in the area. Probably the most famous tomb [more]