Wanderer wrote:
> I am thinking about a 1 week Nile cruise in Sep/Oct and I have heard that to
> 'beat the heat and crowds (and to suit their eating schedules) that the
> cruise-tour organisers can get you up at 4am. Not a pleasant thoight doing
> this many times on a one week cruise.
> Anyone got any light to shed on this subject.
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We took a 3 day cruise on Lake Nasser, the Nile above Aswan dam.
It was a good and relaxing trip on the MS Eugenie, one of a few allowed
on the lake. We weren't kept excessively busy, were well fed, but we
were up at 6 and 5:15 the last 2 days. The last to make our plane from
Abu Simbel back to Aswan.
We stayed up late one night to look at the stars in the clear dark sky,
unimpeded by any lights of any kind. I'd like to be there on August
12th to see the Perseid meteors.
There are a hundred or more cruise boats between Aswan (below the dam)
and Luxor. They looked like cattle boats.
Photos & narration at
http://buten.net/max/Egypt/10LNasser/index_10LNasser.html
- Max |