We visited the Valley Of The Kings and the Valley Of The Queens when we were in Egypt cruising on the Royal Viking in December and took lots of photos using both our new Lumix digital camera and our iPhone.  Both cameras are excellent for different reasons. Read the rest of this entry »

Off to the Valley of The Kings. Had a wake up call after a lovely night’s sleep with the most comfortable pillows!

Quick breakfast and we’re off. It’s 6.15 (aagh!) but it’s bright and there is still a lot of activity on the roads as we drive through Luxor.

We’ve been to the Valley of the Kings before but I wanted to go back and use the Pano iPhone app to get a panoramic photo. Hopefully you’ll see the results of my efforts later.

For anyone interested in drinks prices I’ll keep you up to date as I drink them. This effort on my behalf is purely in the name of research as I don’t like alcholol. (Well not very much).

Last night with dinner we has a nice bottle of White wine which cost about £12 and I later had a beer for about £2.50 whilst Barbara had a further glass of White wine which cost about £2.50 too. I would say drinks are about the same as pub prices.

Right, that’s the end of the “educational” portion of this post.

Now I’m going to sit back and have 40 winks before we get to our destination.

Wink, wink, wink, wink, wink…..zzzzz…

If your reading this post after finding our website and blog by searching on Google or another search engine and are wondering why you should consider taking a Nile Cruise I thought I’d try and put a few points across as to why you would enjoy cruising the Nile. So here goes…

• It’s a great mix of “activity” and “relaxation. Often you hear people saying, “I’m not a beach-type person”, or “I cant’ stand just lying on the beach”, or “I need to be out doing something”. Well a Nile Cruise is really an ideal solution. Why? Because it’s almost a perfect mix of the two. Each morning of your cruise you’ll have the option to leave the ship just after breakfast to take one of the “built-in” excursions to explore and find out more about the various temples, archaeological sites or tombs that, over the week, will help you build up the fascinating picture that is “ancient Egypt”. Most excursions will last for 3 or 4 hours and you’ll return to the ship invigorated and exercised, both mentally and physically. (Dont’ worry you wont’ be climbing hills and striding out for miles!!). Then, after freshening up and having a leisurely lunch, you’ll be up on the sun deck relaxing on a your sun bed or taking a cooling dip in the pool whilst your cruise ship sails leisurely down the Nile. After a relaxing afternoon on board you’ll get ready for dinner in the ship’s restaurant and then enjoy a relaxing evening in the lounge, enjoying one of the evenings of entertainment or sitting out under the stars on the sun deck enjoying a cool drink and chatting to new found friends. the perfect combination of “activity” and “relaxation”. Read the rest of this entry »