Boy it's Hot !!

There is only one word to describe Luxor and that's HOT!. We arrived late last night on the cruise boat, spent the night on board and then disembarked in the morning and made our way to the hotel. The temperature at 4pm is a warm 39 degrees celsius and I feel like I'm cooking alive, not don't get me wrong I don't mind the heat but this is just HOT, the breeze is hot, the sun is hot and radiates off the pavements and slaps you in the face, it's just plain hot. Despite all this is still fantastic, I just have to remember to keep slopping on the sunscreens otherwise I'm going to come home all tanned and Egyptian coloured (not like thats a bad thing, hehe). We caught a horse and buggy ride today which was different and fun, the guy let me seat up front with him and take the reins, so I was incharge - awesome! The afternoon saw us heading out and looking in a bazaar, and at more papyrus. I just love the look of papyrus drawings they are so different to anything back at home, actually I'm just loving all this traditional Egyptian art, the stories are all so fasinating. My favouriet picture would have to be the story depicting the love between King Tut and his wife, it's quite vivd and intriguing (if I can find a picture of it I'll add it to my fb photos). The evening saw us heading out the Luxor Temple, actually before I go futher I should let you know that Luxor was considered the countries capital, hence why there are so many temples and the Valley of Kings and Queens and the place they found King Tuts tomb. Luxor is located approx, ???Km south of Cairo and pretty much right along the Nile. Ok, so sidenote has been noted. The Temple that we went to visit was by far andimpressive one. It is created by three temples, the first one was built by King Tuts father (name escapes me right now), then King Tut built a a second temple in front and finally King Rameses II built a third and final temple at the front, all in all it's a rather large complex and has some of the biggest pillars that I've seen to date they are rather wide and large. It was nice seeing the temples in the night with lights all around, though it was still incrediably warm at 6pm. Then it was off to dinner, and a nice cold beer to finish the night. Tomorrow again sees an early morning, we are heading the valley of King and Queens before it gets to hot, no doubt this will be everyones plan here in Egypt, then I plan to return to the hotel in the air con and then it's time to catch the train back to Cairo.

Until then, take care and keep cool

Mandz is outta here...