Donkey Riding into the Valley of the Kings

Both Elizabeth and Caspar, my Felucca friends, were in Cairo as the locals tooks to the streets, and both had cool stories to share. Elizabeth meets a 22 year old blond American woman who has come "to help". She claims to be a Communist and Elizabeth who originates from the former East Germany lets rip. The blond backtracks pretty swiftly and settles for anarchist instead. It transpires she is a dominatrix at a SM parlour who spends most of her time bedding a Mexican journalist at the hotel. Caspar's friends call him in Egypt and tell him it is too dangerous. This to a man who has fought in both Afganistan and Iraq! Not really, Caspar is busy eating chocolate pancakes.

Elizabeth shares my passion for blogging. Much more knowledgeable than myself, with a comprehensive and concrete knowledge of Ancient Egypt, check out her blog for a far more indepth analysis and commentary on Luxor and other temples. Not sure who this mysterious Mountain Man might be though.

Elizabeth has now started taking video footage with her Nikon F90 and rather naughtily managed to video inside the tombs both the Valleys of Kings and Queens. Unfortunately the videos are long and need editing, but she has promised to send me edited footage when she returns to the USA in a couple of months time.

She sneakily videos Caspar and myself during our descent on donkeys into the Valley of the Kings. Caspar is the one in the cowboy hat.


Both Caspar and Elizabeth have made most congenial travel partners, but they extend their stay in Luxor as i head northwards up to Cairo. They both give me lovely presents, real American gum from Elizabeth and, from Caspar, ciggie papers and a new pair of headphones (mine managed to mysteriously disappear after posting the other night from the Net cafe). I feel bad as i have nothing to give in return, but Elizabeth requests a couple of my photos and i am more than happy to oblige. For Caspar? I will put him in touch with Seth for a low-down on the Saan tribe in Namibia. Perfect for Spirit Man!