luggage and the west bank

Re: luggage and the west bank

Hello Jo,

I did that tour almost 3 years ago. I took a suitcase on rollers & a small backpack. However I can't recommend a suitcase (it died in action)I now have a softer sort of bag on rollers that I will take next time. You have to carry/drag your bags when you go to the bus from the Hotel in Cairo & from the bus to the train. This was a fair distance from memory. So don't overpack & I would have rollers on anything I took. But make certain it is sturdy as they will be thrown onto the top of a bus at times.....I kid you not!! There are couple of other places you have to cart your own luggage.

I used the backpack for carrying camera's, film, water, tissues etc.

After we rode the donkeys to the Valley of the Kings, I can't remember which tombs we went into now. We had to climb a steep hill to where the donkeys waited, then rode over the top of Hatshepsut's Temple, to some other Tombs. These were very small & only a few people could go in at a time. However the colours in these Tomb's are worth a look ...unless you are very claustraphobic. We then rode back to the west bank. Most of the tour group I was with went back to the other side. However myself & another tour member had lunch near the Nile & then got a taxi to take us to Hatshepsut's Temple. This Temple is well worth seeing. Hatshepsut was the only female pharoah in Egypt, she must've been a very strong woman to have such a beautiful temple built for her.

I hope you enjoy your tour, wish I could be there with you. Have a lemon juice for me. [img]http://www.imaginative-traveller.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

[This message has been edited by Debbie Comini (edited February 21, 2002).]