Smiling Sam

A very long day is about over. We got up in the middle of the night, flew to Luxor, checked into the Philae, and then went to the Valley of the Queens and Valley of the Kings, with a couple of photo … (View Post)

Giza is complete. We flew to Luxor this morning ( bags out at 3am, bus left for airport at 4am, 6:30am flight ). Now onboard the Philae. (View Post)

On my Egypt: Jewel of the Nile tour right now. The meet and greet is in 1.5 hours. The Qatar business class lounge in Doha was nice ( stopped by on the way here ), but not as nice as the Turkish Air … (View Post)

PureLuxury - Unfortunately when you go upriver (South) on the Nile the temperatures typically are 5-10 degrees warmer. They will be cooler when BKMD gets here in November. (View Post)

My tour officially kicks off in one hour with our meet and greet. I met our Tour Director earlier today, Dina Ebeid. She seems nice. There are 21 people on our tour. The flights getting here on Qatar… (View Post)