So we were wandering around Karnak Temple, and Eileen said “that was quite nice”. There is me thinking she was talking about the amazing spectacle that is Karnak, whereas she was actually referring to the lack of hassle. But more of that later, as well as a philosophical question.
To start with, the view from breakfast on the terrace …
Then to setting up our place by the pool.
Then off to Karnak. We had been a bit worried about the degree of hassle we might get, but taxis are so cheap that we could get one from the hotel, have him wait for a couple of hours and then take us back all for £5. Apparently last year the taxis could wait outside the hotel for 3 days before they got a fare, so hopefully things will get a bit better for them.
Karnak.
So the question is can you feel ripped off if you haven’t been ripped off? It was £4 to get in to the Temple. But there is also an outside museum with many more artefacts. Having paid our £2 to get into the museum, we realised we had been tricked and it should have been included. Just a couple of rogues setting up a booth within the complex. So tricked/cheated, but certainly not ripped off by the visit.
Sunsets will, I suspect, be a regular feature of our stay here, and so we might continue to bore you until we stop taking pictures! Here is today’s from our balcony.
And finally, we were stopped a number of times for people to take our photo. It’s obvious why they might want Eileen, much less so for me but it really did happen.
And one to generate nightmares …..
