Baksheesh?

Just took my first shower in four days...and it felt glorious! =)

Yesterday was quite epic...woke up at 3 am for a 6 hour bus ride there and back to abu simbel. Came back and was immediately herded (I can't stress that word enough...think like sheep...or lemmings) onto a felucca (sailboat) to Luxor that we shared with five others: a canadian guy, a portuguese guy, a danish guy, and a french couple. The ride was glorious! We sailed for around six hours, taking in the beautiful scenery and having lunch and dinner prepared for us on the boat...totally living the dream. It was during this time between naps that I shamelessly entertained materialistic daydreams of one day owning a sailboat (please don't judge)...but man, that would be quite the chick-magnet, no?

At night our captains anchored us onto shore where we met another boat filled with a lot of Brits. They were really cool and got a campfire going. We all just hung around it, had some sheesha going and just chatted and listened to our felucca captains play drums and sing. Twas a very chill night.

Now we're in Luxor and off to explore the Valley of Kings and Queens tomorrow (ie tomb raiding)!