From Fjords to Pharaohs
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Back in 2000 we rode a donkey - before dawn - from the bank of the Nile to the tomb complex… we skirted up the side of the mountain at sunrise and over the top to enter the complex… avoiding any sort of admission fee!
We were staying at the - now closed - Club Med Luxor, and had a boat waiting at 530am to take us across the river to meet our guide with donkeys. This was a private tour we put together by walking into a travel agent… back in the days were the internet was in its infancy and we’d plucked the name of this agent from one of the guide books!
Not having tickets we only paid and entered one tomb, which was for Queen Nefertari, stunning! but it says it’s ‘temporarily closed’ atm.
Top tip: 7 hours on a donkey is waaaayyyy too long
We were staying at the - now closed - Club Med Luxor, and had a boat waiting at 530am to take us across the river to meet our guide with donkeys. This was a private tour we put together by walking into a travel agent… back in the days were the internet was in its infancy and we’d plucked the name of this agent from one of the guide books!
Not having tickets we only paid and entered one tomb, which was for Queen Nefertari, stunning! but it says it’s ‘temporarily closed’ atm.
Top tip: 7 hours on a donkey is waaaayyyy too long
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