As I did not have any luck in buying a train ticket at the Luxor train station for my trip back to Cairo ( the train was fully booked ), I decided to take an evening bus (LE100=Rm68) instead.
On my way back to the hostel, I had a slow walk to the El-Souk shopping street. It
was not that busy as Luxor is a small town. In front of the Luxor train station, I enjoyed seeing a group of tourists taking a horse drawn carriage ride around the town.
As for this morning, we decided to go for a felucca boat ride on the River Nile. After much haggling, we paid LE25=17 ( cost sharing of LE12.5 each) for an hour of boat ride. Ideally , this boat ride should be done in the evening when the sun is about to set and the wind is stronger.
On my way back to the hostel, I had a slow walk to the El-Souk shopping street. It
was not that busy as Luxor is a small town. In front of the Luxor train station, I enjoyed seeing a group of tourists taking a horse drawn carriage ride around the town.
We spent the rest of our time at the hostel and after a shower, we left the hostel around 4.30pm. I parted with my American buddy as he was heading to Hurghada, a tourist beach resort of the Red Sea coast , before continuing his travel to Israel.
My bus departed at 6.30pm and at around 12.00pm, the bus stopped at Hurgada to drop off some passengers. I had a quick glimpse of this modern Hurghada town, very lively at night and I believe the people's livelihood here mainly dependent on tourism.
I slogged for a night in the bus for my journey back to Cairo.
"It was fun taking a sail in a felucca on River Nile, most tourists enjoy doing it anyway!"
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