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Thursday 8 January, the journey to Luxor, Egypt We get up at half past 4, after a very short night, but we don't care since we are going on holiday. It is about time, we haven't been on holiday yet, this year...

Egypt, travelogue January 2004 [1]

Elisabeth & Teije
2004-03-06 13:17:13

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Thursday 8 January, the journey to Luxor, Egypt We get up at half past 4, after a very short night, but we don't care since we are going on holiday. It is about time, we haven't been on holiday yet, this year... Who cares if the year is only one week old! A bright moon shines when we drive to the airport and we are glad the roads are dry, although the forecast had said it would be icy and slippery. It is still dark when we check in at 7h30 at Schiphol. Almost all seats have been sold and we are almost the last to arrive. So, we don't get a window seat and therefore we don't have any nice aerial pictures.

After checking in we have tinme enough to drink a few cups of coffee to keep ourselves awake, but when we step into the plane we hear that there is another 45 minutes delay.
It doesn't matter; we are on our way to Egypt. It's Elisabeth's first time, for me it is like returning to my second homeland. Between 1986 and 1990 I have lived and worked in Egypt as a tour guide. Since then I have never returned. After searching the internet and visiting some travel agencies we have arranged two return tickets and hotel accommodation for 15 nights for less than 1400 Euro. For both of us and including all taxes. Our hotels are 4-star.

It takes 4.5 hours from Amsterdam to Luxor. We are sitting next to the aisle and the time passes by much quicker when we start chatting with our neighbours. The company we fly with is Transavia and we really appreciate the fact that we have more space for our legs than in an Easyjet-plane. But Transavia followed their example of having no meals or drinks included, probably to keep the costs and therefore the ticketprices lower.
From Holland to the middle of Egypt, in the desert, clouds cover the land. But when we get out at Luxor Airport the sun shines brightly. This time, Elisabeth has a lot of pain in her ears when we start descending because of the changes in atmospheric ...