Thursday, 21/01/2010
early morning we were awakened by the wake-up call of the muezzin. On the ship's loudspeaker, he called for morning prayers ... We ate some bread, drank some tea and went on deck.
Aswan we arrived around 10:00 clock. There we dropped anchor, to allow health check and go through immigration us. Only towards the Two Clock we were able to leave the ship. It was a huge crowd. The Arabs seem to be fun. Since called and screamed, cursed and pushed away each other. We thought we were back beautiful, yes, finally some time to come down from all the ferry. Pending further we went out the same, but edre Muhamad, the local equivalent of Mazar helped us to complete the customs control quickly. The paperwork for Luca's Landy was unfortunately not ready, and therefore he must also take a taxi into town. Kamal, the runner from Edress drove us then to the hotels in town and we took off for Saturday, so that we can get the cars together. In the evening we ate with the two Luca's in the "Aswan Moon", the restaurant of Mario, an Italian. Xenia and I moved into a room at the "Philae Hotel". For early morning we booked a trip to Abu Simbel, then straight to bed, must finally get out early.
Friday, 22/01/2010
the alarm clock was about 02.45! As the convoy to Abu Simbel starts at four, we had almost the middle of the night from the springs. Quickly take the Breakfastbox and get on the bus. The "backpacker Luca" came along too. In the bus have then everybody's been dozing in front of him. Shortly before seven we were in Abu Simbel and then had to look at exactly two hours to the temple.
went back at nine, the convoy then you and we were in the back by one hotel. Since we have made up some sleep and are later strolled around the city. gabs supper in the "Panorama", a charming restaurant on the Nile, which is owned by a collector. Why is all decorated with antiques.
Saturday, 23/01/2010
After breakfast I took off with Kamal, and Luca, Lars and Heike (the tractor crew) went to the harbor. The ship with the car was not there and I had to wait again. Luca was at the time of immigration to extend his visa. Then he gets his car tomorrow, he flies home and is in March. This requires that the visa because the car is on there with, to be valid. When then came the barge with my bush taxi and a tractor, they were presented for the first time huge trouble: The dog is out of the tractor trailer escaped and swam according to testimony of the crew ashore. Heike cries and complains to everyone and Lars each. I drive my car into the Zollhof and since we do only once the custom for the vehicles. Because today, insurance and road office are closed, we get the car tomorrow. So back to the city and with Luca's dinner went. Lars and Heike want to go rent a boat and look for the dog. We'll see if we ever heard of the search HAZARDS ...
Sunday, 24.01.2010, 80 km
After much standing around in the insurance and the street office, we finally the cars get. For customs and insurance, we paid about 500 £ E (approximately 100 CHF). For license plates and fees again came to E £ 100. And then we had all officials still 5 - E £ 25 to give bribes. This upsets me mega! Across Africa, we had to pay never, only in Arab countries (Morocco, Mauritania and Egypt) is nothing without bribes. We then looked for "Adams Home, a camping, but that seems closed. So we headed for Luxor and made a bush camp in a construction site. The night watchman came along and wanted to know what we're doing. I suggested to him that we want to sleep here, as he later brought Tea and a warm blanket, so cute! I then showed him our bed in the car and gave him back the covers. He had fun and chatted incessantly at us in Arabic. Then he went with his dogs and he said bring tea for breakfast. Fortunately Xenia understand a few words in Arabic.
Monday, 25.01.2010, 161 km
The night watchman woke us today with hot tea. We thanked him warmly, gave him a packet of biscuits and then went to Luxor. The road along the Nile is well made, but it has many checkpoints. You have to always specify nationality and destination, and can then continue.
In Luxor we took the "Rezeiky Camp" looking for something finally has something and decided to stay. In the evening we walked to the Luxor Temple, and have talked with four German motorcyclists and a German cyclist. Go next Monday in Aswan on the ferry.
Tuesday, 01/26/2010
washing day - Xenia washed (the washing machine needs 4 hours per pass, so the rest is washed by hand), I blog, complete water, clean water and filter discs and paper scraps the car with the new stickers (Thanks to MoRo's).
We walk once more along the Corniche and in the evening we surf and watch film. Xenia emailed her an interesting job ad to be about driving in Cairo time on the "German University in Cairo" ...
Wednesday, 27/01/2010
rest day in Luxor - there is still something to do laundry and shop. Here every one thinks is a normal tourists (so a fool) and so should we pay for drinks as five times the price. Unfortunately, we fall for the first time also gullible. But one learns quickly and then the vegetables, bread and bought so on in a different place (almost) normal prices. Later Xenia is look at the Luxor Temple, and I translated into McD. Evening is back in fashion surfing and chatting. It is a British Landy with a German-British couple arrived. They drive around in the world since 1997.
Thursday, 28.01.2010, 356 km
Today we left Luxor. We followed the paved road to the west and moved to El Kharga. At many checkpoints we have to stop. In Baghdad (the first site of El Kharga Oasis), we have to take even a cop who takes us to El Kharga a tourism police. There we will be invited to tea and we copied our ID cards. That we want to make Bush Camp, they understand only after a long explanation. Then they give us a police car with an escort, and we fear even that the poor guys in there now have to bush camp with us. But at the last checkpoint at the village they say goodbye and we go to the first dunes. Since we will be undisturbed and enjoy the sand.
Friday, 29.01.2010, 214 km
After a nice night in the dunes, we went further today on a good road to El Dakhla. Here we found something to search for the "Bir Elgabel Camp". We can go camping and swimming in the pool of "Hotspring". The water is about 30 degrees Celsius and we enjoy it. At lunch we met two Swiss cyclists. They have been on the road in August 2009.
Saturday, 01/30/2010, 328 km
Road Trip - All the oasis route along the White Desert NP. The road is generally in good condition and has hardly any traffic, so it's almost a little boring. In the evening we put ourselves back in the middle of the White Desert to the Bush camp. Solved even for a ticket. Besides we have some tourist bush taxis and a group of campers around. But we find a quiet corner and can really enjoy the desert. Unfortunately the weather today is something bad, so nix Wed full moon is in the White Desert.
Sunday, 31/01/2010, 191 km
Today we drove more or less the "Blue Route" of the White Desert NPs. There is a brochure with a map and we follow the first time the good marks. However, listen to the marks on some point and we just look with GPS and brochure, and now and then-emerging tire marks about the route.
The two oases, we will also promptly, but after that we seek our way across country back to the road. Xenia learns more sand driving (we have finally only 1.1 bar in the tires), but we can not but then dunes all driveways.
way we look from and about ways to drum. When we reached the road it is already three clock and we go straight to "Ahmed's Safari Camp in the Bahariya - Oasis.
Monday, 02.01.2010, 369 km
Another Road Trip - The road is good, but the traffic is increasing. Especially when you get near Cairo. The city (including its suburbs) is spreading further and further out into the desert. Thanks to GPS and a sense of (Calculated from T4A and wrong way - they think existed in Egypt, driving on the left ...), we find the "Salma - Camp" good. We make fresh and quickly go right to the city where we meet Anne. She is the director of the bookbinding workshop at the "German University in Cairo (GUC). Since it has been canceled by the end of February, it seeks a successor. That would possibly something for Xenia. We eat well and Anne talks about her work. For tomorrow, we make a visit in the GUC and we come to bed late. We'll see if the trip now so ceases, as it began: I learned Xenia in the first country in Africa to know and now I let them back in the last ...
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