Luxor...again

While I had pretty much sworn off of visiting other locations, especially Luxor, after having been out of commission for a day and a half after getting back from Luxor last week (I went over a month without any stomach problems before that!), we are back in Luxor again. With Ramadan ending this evening and the eid (feast/festival) going on for the next few days, we decided we needed to go somewhere and do some sight seeing, since there would be a long weekend during which we cannot work at the site.



We spent the day trekking all over the West Bank, from the Valley of the Kings to the Ramesseum and then back to the East Bank to visit Karnak Temple and walk around its sprawling monuments for a couple hours. Having now exhausted ourselves, we've retired to an internet cafe to check email, put out fires, and, in my case, make a blog post.


We will return to Abydos tomorrow, having not stopped for McD's food before getting on the train this time!