Day 116...Cruising the Nile - 20th October

The cruiser docked at Edfu this morning after sailing all night. We had an early breakfast (I had no appetite) and rode via horse and carriage to the temple. Edfu temple was huge and looked imposing from a distance. I felt a bit shit at times and had to sit down a bit. Apart from that though, I was fine.

Edfu temple had also been de-faced by Christians, but it had some cool tuff. There was the earliest 3D art - a cube. And it also had a nilometer. Basically, they measured the level of teh Nile floods and determined the years taxes from that level. (high = good crops and high taxes. low = bad crops, and low taxes). Pretty smart eh? Its amazing how advanced they were. When it was so bloody hot too!

This temple was for Horus as well, and the table in the inner sanctum was still there. I felt like a treasure hunter in there! There were some spots on the top columns that still ahd colour - all the temples used to be brightly painted - so it gave you a bit of an idea.
After some fun wandering, we returnede via horse and carriage. I didn't feel the best, so I slept and read all day while Nathan amused himself. There's not much to do on a boat. However, at one point we went through a loch system which he watched. The boat went into a little section, the water lowered and we were let out the other side.

We arrived at Luxor at night. Luxor used to be the capital of ancient Egypt, once called Thebes. We went with Mohamed for an explore. Via a walk through shrubs we hailed a cab and went and looked at some silver. Luxor was a bit tidier than the rest of Egypt, it almost had a Gold Coast vibe. (While still being 3rd world). We went to an internet cafe, shot off a few emails and then walked past Luxor temple all lit up at night. The wailing call to prayer was sounding off at the same time, so it was all pretty cool. "alllaaahhhhhhhhh".

I ended up with the shits as well. I've got what Nathan had in Aswan. After about 2 hours of teh shits, it went away. Must have been a delayed reaction or something. We're being super careful - no salads, brushing our teeth with bottled water etc. Still. Not fun. Runny bums never are . However, its surprising how amusing it is to the other party when it happens!

There was a belly dancer on tonight, but we didn't watch. They're usually fat anyway. Went to bed.