Luxor was the ancient city of Thebes, the great capital of Egypt during the New Kingdom around 4000 years ago. There are many famous temples and tombs here. Once I got off from the train, there are many touts and taxi drivers trying to bring me to their hostel. Luxor is the capital of hassle in Egypt.

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Stayed at Hostel Oasis, recommended by a friend and on lonely planet. I got my own room for 20 LP, around $3.5.

Took a minibus 0.50LP to the Karnak Temple

Met DiXi again on the street and she wanna visit the Mummification Museum, so I just tagged along. The museum was a joke, there is only a small room and cost 25LP. We went to the manager to ask our money back but did not succeed.

Luxor Temple. The ticket cost 25LP for students and I just took pics from outside.

Went to a Bazaar at night. The people who deal with tourist in Luxor are very irritating and very good at hassling tourist. Everyone is trying to get money from tourist by asking for baksheesh and using other tricky tactics. It’s hard to trust the people here.

One Response to “Luxor”

1. Vi-Zanne says:

   September 15, 2009 at 3:32 am

   everything looks so familiar to me! p/s: i agree about the bazaar and hassling part. i didn’t like that as well.