meanwhile...down the nile...

We got home from school/work on Thursday evening and quickly packed as our flight was at 5-something AM.  From cairo to luxor its only an hour so when we arrived in luxor we stayed on the boat until the ‘welcome dinner’ at 8.

The cruise itself was great.  Its not ‘Carnvial Cruise Line’ but it was super awesome for 2 people who have never set foot on a cruise boat before.  It was called the ‘Nile Goddess’ and was all-inclusive with a fancy looking interior, spacious cabins, a “pool” (small but good enough for most) and evening entertainment on 2 nights of the 3.  The majority of the time was spent sight-seeing and tanning on the sundeck J.  We were blessed with temperatures over 36 each day.  The heat isn’t unbearable as some people might think.  The only time it got really bad was the day we went to Valley of the Kings.  Its in the middle of the desert and we had spent a full day touring the day before so everyone was kinda zombie-ish already.

crying over comfort

 

 

 

BEST PART ABOUT BOAT: The luxury ‘titanic’ feel of it and the belly dancing shows!  Also, the breakfast buffets were awesome with every breakfast food you can imagine.  My go-to was fresh fruit with Kaiser-sesame sweet buns. The staff was also amazing.



whirling dirvish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORST PART ABOUT BOAT: This is what I DISLIKE about cruise ships.  We didn’t have much freedom.  Our boat was docked quite far from the cities so we found ourselves waiting around quite a bit for tours to start.  When we were finally on the tours, we only were out for a short amount of time before heading back to the boat.  So, Luther and I would love to explore the sites and cities on our own next time. 

breakfast buffet

bliss

 

The only time we “ditched” the boat was our last night in Luxor when we decided to just pay for the long cab ride into the city.  Probably the best idea EVER- I’ll explain more later.

The boat was filled with many interesting people as well.  It was mostly older people (40s-50s).There were TONS of Italians and Spanish people that gave life to the ship in the evenings.  A few Canadians living abroad and even an expat family originally from Winnipeg . J

So that was the boat.