Well, tonight we sail into Luxor and dock for the last time. We will remain here for the next three days. I, along with almost everyone on the boat, am sitting here on the top deck watching the sun fade away and twilight transition into an Egyptian night sky filled with stars. It’s strange to…
THE FAILED EXPERIMENT OF ARMANA: Today we went to visit Amarna. The city built by Pharaoh Akhenaten as a “New Beginning” because he wanted a temple, a palace and an entire city of his followers to worship at his feet as he took the Egyptians many different gods away (Hathor, Isis, Anubis, Horace etc…) and…
THOUGHTS FROM MY REST DAY: Lazy day today as I am not feeling well. Thought I could power it out, but today was a 5-hour day in the heat of two desert locations, and I found myself out of breath just walking downstairs to breakfast. So as a result, I will miss Beni Hassan and…
THOUGHTS: It’s probably time that I address my long and winding relationship with my dear friend Janis Susan May Patterson, a prolific and accomplished writer of over 85 published books, both novels and non-fiction. She is a captivating story-teller and hilarious character. Whether it’s a tale of being “temporarily kidnapped” by the PLO or the…
Frankly, there are simply no adjectives powerful enough to communicate what it’s like to stand at the feet of the Great Sphinx overlooking the Pyramids of Giza. It’s sort of like showing someone a photo of the Grand Canyon. Nothing I say here can possibly do it justice, but I will do my best. THE SPHINX:…
My Thoughts: Egypt is hot y’all. And when someone tells you “Yes, but it’s a dry heat so it’s not so bad,” feel free to punch them in the head for me. Egyptians say that July and August are the hottest and by September things ease up, but when it’s over 100 degrees in the…
Here are some of my thoughts and happenings from the first few “settling in” days in Cairo. The people here, almost without exception, are extraordinarily welcoming and kind. It’s something we in the United States are so unused to that it takes a while to acclimate to the gentleness and warmth of this people. At…
AGraceful World 