Up early for another convoy! This time we are heading north to Luxor. We meet up with the convoy at 8 am and drive the tarmac road along the Nile. The convoy has its advantages, the police pushes you to drive as fast as possible (while the speed limit is 90, everybody goes 120km/h if possible) and all other traffic is stopped until the whole convoy has passed!
We arrive in Luxor and go camping at the only campsite in town. They also have rooms and while Eowyn is still throwing up, a room will keep the tent clean…
After a salty lunch we go to Karnak Temple. At the ticket office we hired a guide to show us around. The guide, Khaled Helmy (Phone +20106339849, email khaled_helmy@msn.com, Web http://khaledhelmy.spaces.live.com), was an Egyptologist and works also at current excavations in the Valley of the Nobles. We paid him for 1 hour 50 LE (Egyptian pounds) and it was well worth the money, give him a call when you're in Luxor. Khaled explained to us many of the stories written on the walls and he could even read the hieroglyphics! Karnak temple was first build 3000 BC and was dedicated to the god Amun and later Amun Ra. Most Pharaohs built a temple here in honor of Amun Ra and the complex is magnificent and very large.
Back on the campsite we met 2 German bikers heading south to Sudan. We told them, from our own experience, that they will have a really nice time in Sudan and Ethiopia!