Tomhotep and Noreentiti explore Egypt!

Sailing on a Dahabeyah built in 1840 up the Nile River to Aswan. The Giraffa is 50 meters in length. The boat has no motor, only a sail in the front and one in the back. Water and electricity are only available for about four hours each day.
We only sailed about four hours and then stop for an excursion to a temple. The trip is from Luxor to Aswan so slow and easy is the pace. Lounge on the open upper deck and have your meals there too. The bunks are like bricks but surprisingly good for my back.

Selected sights:
Edfu Temple It is one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. The temple, dedicated to the falcon god Horus. Great hieroglyphs.

Karnak Temple It is the largest temple complex ever built by man, and represents the combined achievement of many generations of ancient builders. The Temple of Karnak is actually three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples located about three kilometers north of Luxor. (Ancient Thebes)

The Unfinished Obelisk at Aswan. The source of all the rose granite in Egypt. The obelisk has a crack and was replaced by the two cut for Hatshepsut (girl pharaoh) and her temple at Luxor and then she sailed the 200 ton granite pieces down the Nile on one ship. Seven months complete from start to finish. This is remarkable because they did not have metal tools just a rock harder than the granite that they threw against the side until it was carved out. For the underside they had to tunnel and throw the rock sideways. (You think your job is tough)

Giza Pyramids and the Sphinx you know about this ancient wonder of the world. It is a must see.

Aswan Souk a colorful bazaar in Aswan that offers Egyptian and Nubian trinkets.

Although I think you should go I must caution you that I have a wonderful brother who has lived in Cairo for thirty years and speaks fluent Arabic. He handled all my travel arraignments. His friends helped too.
Also on board ship we had a group of French people who spoke no English. They were entirely delightful but again Patrick can speak passable French.

So Egypt is dusty and dirty filled with children trying to sell you anything. The true terror is the taxi rides; we went 15 miles to the airport going in the oncoming lane of the freeway because it was a smoother road (not true). We did have to dodge a couple of trucks headed right for us!!

This is a very small excerpt of our travels as we visited some 20 other sites.