Luxor station was smaller than I expected, but that was fine. The train arrived at a good hour the next day, around 8am, and we were all a bit tired and really wanted a shower.
We of course were a bit worried that that would be impossible as check-in at our hotel was 3pm. The room immediately gave us the impression of being slightly.. This picture above the bed didn't help much.
I have no idea what they are doing. Thank you housekeeping for turning our bert and ernie beds into larry, curly and Moe bunks. How much more for you to not think that we are the three gayest tourists ever? They seemed to work just fine, as Todd passed out immediately upon attaining horizontalness. But I had you going for a second there Whatever problem the room did have were trumped by the one fantastic element the room had Which commanded a great view of the nile.
We spent most of our time on that balcony. Watching the tour boats come and go.. Say what you will We decided to waste no time and get to it.. I suggested we do the valley of the kings the next day, as it was out in the desert, and required some research. Karnak however was right up the street We showered up and set out. The temple of Luxor was right next to the hotel. We walked by it on the way to Karnak. A shop where we stopped to buy some postcards and cheap water had this cute sign out front.
No doubt designed to get you to stop and buy postcards and cheap water. I wonder, which came first, the sucker or the hustle? When we arrived Karnak was hopping. Karnak is a giant I mean it, like a square kilometer complex that houses many temples and such. It is quite amazing to see how well preserved some of it is, sad to see how poorly preserved some of it is, and dreadful to think how most of it will look in a few years, given how free people are to abuse it now.
