Luxor Arrival

We arrived In Luxor after an early morning start... it was our coldest start to date. The day before we had to ride a 40km ride up a 1200 meter rise above sea level incline. It took about four hours straight up and then about 30 more km before the lunch truck was waiting for us. There was no headwind so that made it a delight. However, we did have a headwind for the last 30 km. Brutal.

What can I say about Egypt except it is sand and dirt everywhere you go. Even today as we rode along the Nile to Luxor it was km after km of garbage....at least it was green with no sand to see.

We are all in good spirits as we head into our first rest day. I have taken a hotel room..18US for the night. No hot water yet but I am sure it will be there soon!!!!..if not I will use the shower block in the campgrounds.


I am attempting to get a two man tent as the one man that I do have, while good, is to small to store any stuff I need. Talking about stuff...we are all so happy to have access to our permanent bags after so many days without. We all packed to much stuff into our red box and we look forward to eliminating stuff we do not need. I already have a small pile of things like an extra baseball cap and arm warmers that will be donated to the hotel "pool". The hotel is finding me a new tent ...I PRAYYY!!!!...and of coures we all did laundry.

As we prepare to finsh off this leg of the journey we have been warned to enjoy even the cold water as we will have no water for personal use while in Sudan for the first seven days and temperatures into the forties. We have a 22 hour barge ride from Egypt to Sudan and we need to bring enough food and water to last us for that time. There are 25 rooms with two bunks that will be assigned to people by senority..so my age finally becomes something to value...mind you the room will be packed with bags to the ceiling and we are all assigned security detail for about an hour at a time to watch over the bikes on deck.

Am I glad I am doing this...without a doubt. Has it pushed my boundaries and limits...you bet. Have a learned anything about myself...yes...the committment that I put into thngs such as my training pays off...I can do things I though I could not do...and I am making friends that will share the same experience even as we experience it in our own way.

Tomorrow I wll sleep and eat..and do a tour of Luxor Temple...another thing to check off my list of things to do before I die.

I do not know when I will post another posting but until then hold me/us in your prayers and thoughts..especially when we run out of paved roads!!!

Again I apologize for any spelling errors...I never did get my keyboarding down to an art form.