{"id":68,"date":"2007-06-02T23:58:46","date_gmt":"2007-06-02T13:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=68"},"modified":"2007-06-02T23:58:46","modified_gmt":"2007-06-02T13:58:46","slug":"nile-river-cruise-cairo-to-luxor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/egypt\/nile-river-cruise\/nile-river-cruise-cairo-to-luxor","title":{"rendered":"Cairo to Luxor &#8211; Nile River Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>When we were told that we had to wake up at 4.00 this morning to catch a flight to Luxor, we were quite horrified and thought that the guide must really be joking.\u00a0 We never wake up this early during work days so surely this can&#8217;t be happening to us on a holiday.\u00a0 We soon learnt that we were the lucky ones as others had 2 a.m. wakeup calls for flights that departed earlier.\u00a0 In a hot place like Egypt, sensibly everything takes place in the morning hours.\u00a0 The flight was only 50 minutes but it was rather chaotic at the airport, due to the crowds and security checks.<\/p>\n<p>Once in Luxor, our first destination was the Temple of Karnak.\u00a0 The avenues of sphinxes and halls of gigantic columns were really impressive.<\/p>\n<p>After Karnak Temple, we were transported to our river cruiser.\u00a0 The boat was very comfortable and our cabin was much more luxurious than I had expected.\u00a0 We had ceiling to floor glass windows, so from the comfort of our lounge we could see out to the river banks.\u00a0 The boat took about 160 passengers and interestingly, the major group on board was the Australians. 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