Sunset on the Nile, north of Aswan

Nile Cruise: The end

.. and the sun sets on a magical week's cruise aboard the MS Nile Saray (Three star vessel with a 5+ star crew) on Egypt's life blood, the Nile.

...and across the congested skies of a desert morning

...along a Nile fed irrigation canal

...across the Colossi of Memnon

Looking towards the Royal Valleys of Kings and Queens

Nile Cruise: Balloon Flight Luxor

Another really early start: we had decided to take a balloon flight across the Nile's floodplains and below the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens as a special treat. And while we were promised at least 35 minutes we enjoyed a full hour's flight welcoming in the morning sunrise amongst the smokey haze from sugar-cane burn-off. And in the silent morning washed with the heat from the ignition flame to the balloon we traversed the sky. How can you express the imagery except maybe through pictures?