Egypt Baby!!!

So we took our 12 hour train south to Aswan soon after my last entry. The train took more like 14 but it was Ok because I slept most of the way. In Aswan we were quickly escorted by our travel guide to our 5 star Nile Cruise Boat, The Queen of Hansa. From the boat we traveled north stoping at different temples and monuments. It has been incredible. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. I have been on a few cruises from Florida and none of them come close to this. It is obviously a lot different. First of all I was on the worlds second longest river. The scenery is always changing as we slowly made our way from one ancient site to another. Most of the sites are just by the river because the Nile was used to transport all of the massive stones used for thier building. 95% of Egypt is desert and then you have the Nile cutting a life line through its' center. It's really beautiful to see desert sand for miles and then lush green as you approach the river. The cruise ended in Luxor, formerly Thebes, today. Tonight we are staying in a hotel here and taking a donkey ride to the top of The Valley of The Kings tommorow for sunrise. I figured I should take the donkey so that I can pretty much complete the cycle. In the past 2 months I have been on planes, trains, automobiles, boats, camels.....so the next logical step is a donkey! Today we already toured the Valley and entered some of the tombs. One you have probably heard of is that of King Tut. Tut was actually a very insignificant king. It was only because his tomb was not looted by grave robbers that he gets so much attention. After seeing his gold coffins in the Cairo Museum I realize why he has close to the same celebrity status in Egypt as Hanah Montana has in a 3rd grade girl scout troop. Tommorow at 5 we are taking a 17 hour bus ride to Dahab in the Sinai where I will probably just chill out for the rest of my stay overseas. Enjoy the pics... Obviously the big triangle shaped things are the pyramids....The big statues I'm sitting in front of is the temple of Abu Simble. Each statue is over 60 ft. high. You can also see the camel traffic jam on the way to the pyramids. The Sphinx, or "Father of Terror" in Arabic. The other pictures are from different temples and views from the cruise : ) These temples are massive, look at the size of the people compared to the monuments. I can do handstands now, so I figured I'd start doing them in front of ancient temples. You get bored in between touring millenia old ruins...... The one with Kyle is at the airport before he left. The guy in the middle is Dan. He is the Israeli kiteboarder...and yes he is as funny as he looks....lol.. Hope you enjoy!