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On 29 Jul 2004 05:05:34 -0700, Sue wrote:
I am thinking of spending 9 nights in Luxor next May. Is this a reasonable length of time or too long? A little on the long side, IMHO. I spent 7 days, including 1 day of down time and a day trip to Dendara and Abydos. I visited virtually all the ancient sites and I do take my time. One thing to keep in mind is Luxor can very hot in May. I found I couldn't do much on the West Bank in the afternoon. Is this stand alone or part of a larger trip? If you aren't already, think about going to Aswan, as well. -- Photos and travelogues from Africa and Southeast Asia: http://www.exile.org |
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On 29 Jul 2004 05:05:34 -0700, Sue wrote:
I am thinking of spending 9 nights in Luxor next May. Is this a reasonable length of time or too long? A little on the long side, IMHO. I spent 7 days, including 1 day of down time and a day trip to Dendara and Abydos. I visited virtually all the ancient sites and I do take my time. One thing to keep in mind is Luxor can very hot in May. I found I couldn't do much on the West Bank in the afternoon. Is this stand alone or part of a larger trip? If you aren't already, think about going to Aswan, as well. -- Photos and travelogues from Africa and Southeast Asia: http://www.exile.org |
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I am thinking of spending 9 nights in Luxor next May. Is this a
reasonable length of time or too long? Maybe it is a little long. What you could do to "stretch" time, is to visit things in the morning, and doing nothing in the afternoon. With "doing nothing" I mean things like taking a felouka, visit the banana-island, having an icecream at the Movenpick, go for a swimm, etc. Regards, John. |
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I am thinking of spending 9 nights in Luxor next May. Is this a
reasonable length of time or too long? Maybe it is a little long. What you could do to "stretch" time, is to visit things in the morning, and doing nothing in the afternoon. With "doing nothing" I mean things like taking a felouka, visit the banana-island, having an icecream at the Movenpick, go for a swimm, etc. Regards, John. |
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Eric Edwards wrote:
On 29 Jul 2004 05:05:34 -0700, Sue wrote: I am thinking of spending 9 nights in Luxor next May. Is this a reasonable length of time or too long? A little on the long side, IMHO. I spent 7 days, including 1 day of down time and a day trip to Dendara and Abydos. I visited virtually all the ancient sites and I do take my time. One thing to keep in mind is Luxor can very hot in May. I found I couldn't do much on the West Bank in the afternoon. Is this stand alone or part of a larger trip? If you aren't already, think about going to Aswan, as well. -- Photos and travelogues from Africa and Southeast Asia: http://www.exile.org I agree, I was there for 4 days in March 2002 and stretching above 5 days is a waste I think. There are many places to see in Egypt so why dwell so long in Luxor? /Anders -- Remove the obvious part before replying by mail please! |
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May is very hot. Example?
http://www.wunderground.com/history/...lyHistory.html That's wunderground.com, great source for weather and I just picked May 14 this year as an example. It was 109F. You can go to that site yourself and work you way through the month for more weather records. I agree with others that 9 days in Luxor is a very long time for normal tourism. I think Aswan is a lot more interesting as a place to spend some extended time. But all the towns along the Nile are quite exotic in their own way. Ramble around some if you have time. Buses and the train can move you, no problem. FYI - here's a web site with lots of photos of how you might spend such a trip, if you do just go to the various places. http://users.pandora.be/lieven.van.hulle/naft/egypt.htm |
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