So its been a while since i posted but to be fair nothing truly interesting happened until spring break and while on spring break i most definitely did not have internet access. I will most likely split up my Spring break trip into two or three separate posts since it was pretty great fun time.
So Thursday the 5th we decided to celebrate my friend Ramsha's birthday at a restaraunt in Cairo it was great Indian food which is one thing she said she really missed from home so we ate had a good time and a great view of the city and then relaxed at a friends apartment for the rest of the night until we fell asleep only to get up at 5 to catch a cab then the metro to the train station in Cairo. I have to say the first part of the journey was not too difficult we got on the train and from all the contradictory stories i heard about how bad/good the train would be i was suprised that it really is not that bad. We sat down paid for our ticket then enjoyed the 10 hour train ride to the South of egypt the city of Luxor ahead of us. One thing i do have to have to complain about was the guy selling his, i think is was bread and cheese, because he seemed so unhappy and he walked from car to car just yelling the same repetitive set of words.
However the view of the Egyptian country side towards the Nile was still very beautiful. So surprisingly green but the other side of the train was nothing but desert and mountains.
The first day in Luxor we were met by our hostel manager actually at the train station and he had no problem taking us to the hotel only a block or two away it seems that because of the revolution most of the tourist business has died relatively and so he treated us as best as he possibly could. We wandered the temples late at night since the 10 hours train ride took us all day and we arrived at sunset. We rested and then visited Luxor temple and Karnak in the morning.
Later that day we took a train an hour north to a small city an hour north of Luxor called Qena. Ryan managed to meet a great guy mahmoud just completely over the internet although he did not tell us that at the time so we wandered into this town met mahmoud and his friend ahmed and were brought to his university thinking that we would just have a casual talk with his English club. we then were ushered into this large auditorium put in-front of a small crowd with microphones and a small panel. Quite ridiculous but it was still a a great time. Mahmoud invited us to have koshary at his home and then we relaxed the rest of the day meeting people from Qena. It was a great time and so many great people. (Also a lot of Ahemds i think i met 5 Ahmeds that day.
So Thursday the 5th we decided to celebrate my friend Ramsha's birthday at a restaraunt in Cairo it was great Indian food which is one thing she said she really missed from home so we ate had a good time and a great view of the city and then relaxed at a friends apartment for the rest of the night until we fell asleep only to get up at 5 to catch a cab then the metro to the train station in Cairo. I have to say the first part of the journey was not too difficult we got on the train and from all the contradictory stories i heard about how bad/good the train would be i was suprised that it really is not that bad. We sat down paid for our ticket then enjoyed the 10 hour train ride to the South of egypt the city of Luxor ahead of us. One thing i do have to have to complain about was the guy selling his, i think is was bread and cheese, because he seemed so unhappy and he walked from car to car just yelling the same repetitive set of words.
However the view of the Egyptian country side towards the Nile was still very beautiful. So surprisingly green but the other side of the train was nothing but desert and mountains.
The first day in Luxor we were met by our hostel manager actually at the train station and he had no problem taking us to the hotel only a block or two away it seems that because of the revolution most of the tourist business has died relatively and so he treated us as best as he possibly could. We wandered the temples late at night since the 10 hours train ride took us all day and we arrived at sunset. We rested and then visited Luxor temple and Karnak in the morning.
Later that day we took a train an hour north to a small city an hour north of Luxor called Qena. Ryan managed to meet a great guy mahmoud just completely over the internet although he did not tell us that at the time so we wandered into this town met mahmoud and his friend ahmed and were brought to his university thinking that we would just have a casual talk with his English club. we then were ushered into this large auditorium put in-front of a small crowd with microphones and a small panel. Quite ridiculous but it was still a a great time. Mahmoud invited us to have koshary at his home and then we relaxed the rest of the day meeting people from Qena. It was a great time and so many great people. (Also a lot of Ahemds i think i met 5 Ahmeds that day.
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| Mahmoud Ahmed Ryan Grace Ramsha Nate and I in front of a fountain in Qena. |
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