Egypt
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar)
See the above page for the full story, with some great photographs.
- All Change In Luxor
Al Ahram Weekly A rather sad letter to the newspaper Al Ahram Weekly, by Luxor resident Gordon Davies. Five years ago, a tall wall started to be built throughout Luxor, stretching as far as Karnak. Little by little parks disappeared and two years ago...
- Flats In Luxor Goes Green
Responsible TravelFlats in Luxor has been officially recognized by Responsible Travel as Luxor’s first eco friendly or “green” tourist accommodation. Owners Jane Akshar and Mahmoud Jahlan did a holiday themselves through Responsible Travel and liked...
- Standardized Taxi Rates From Airport To Luxor Hotels
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- Travel: Wireless Broadband Available In Luxor
Luxor News Blog Thanks very much to Jane Akshar for the information, on the above page, that wireless broadband is now available via a scratch-card system to both residents and tourists in Luxor. TE Data rolled-out its wireless network in Luxor in June...
- The Pharaohs Get A Face-lift
The Times Online I was tempted to think that nothing ever changes in Luxor. Temples and tombs survive; boats sail on the Nile; the fellahin, Egypt’s farmers, still irrigate their crops with rainwater from Ethiopia and Uganda; and the sun, the valley...
Egypt
New ferries in service in Luxor
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar)
The Nile separates Luxor into East and West, one side with the monuments and small local hotels and the other the airport, railway station, 5* hotels and MacDonald’s. So at some point in your stay you have to cross from one side to the other. There is a bridge south of town but it is a good 9km away so a more convenient solution is to use a boat. The local water taxis/motor boats are cheap and easily obtainable but a more authentic experience is to use the local ferry. It is ridiculously cheap, only 1LE (very approximately 20 cents or 15p). You catch it just by Luxor temple.
They have just put a number of new boats into service but there are still the same people using it, even the friendly little tissue seller. He works the boats selling small packets of tissues.
See the above page for the full story, with some great photographs.
- All Change In Luxor
Al Ahram Weekly A rather sad letter to the newspaper Al Ahram Weekly, by Luxor resident Gordon Davies. Five years ago, a tall wall started to be built throughout Luxor, stretching as far as Karnak. Little by little parks disappeared and two years ago...
- Flats In Luxor Goes Green
Responsible TravelFlats in Luxor has been officially recognized by Responsible Travel as Luxor’s first eco friendly or “green” tourist accommodation. Owners Jane Akshar and Mahmoud Jahlan did a holiday themselves through Responsible Travel and liked...
- Standardized Taxi Rates From Airport To Luxor Hotels
...
- Travel: Wireless Broadband Available In Luxor
Luxor News Blog Thanks very much to Jane Akshar for the information, on the above page, that wireless broadband is now available via a scratch-card system to both residents and tourists in Luxor. TE Data rolled-out its wireless network in Luxor in June...
- The Pharaohs Get A Face-lift
The Times Online I was tempted to think that nothing ever changes in Luxor. Temples and tombs survive; boats sail on the Nile; the fellahin, Egypt’s farmers, still irrigate their crops with rainwater from Ethiopia and Uganda; and the sun, the valley...