Cruising

Four nights is a very leisurely cruise up the Nile from Luxor to Aswan. The boat probably makes about 5 miles an hour. Stops thrice, at Esna, Edfu and Kom Ombo, each Greek or Roman age Egyptian temples (amazing how long the culture survived and was embraced by successive conquerers). Means lots of time for reading, napping and watching the banks of the Nile slide by.

Pic is of Esna - we were the only people visiting it which was a very pleasant change. This is one of the smallest and least important of the Egyptian temples to give you a sense of scale of the others. In good shape and retains its roof because it was buried under the sand for a long time - you can see the level of the current ground in the photo