I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack 02-10-2003

Well it appears that I have gone from one country with no rain to another
country with no rain.

All my palm trees out the front are just about dead.

Dang!!!

The last couple of days in
Egypt were interesting to say the least.

Went from
Luxor to Qena where we spent one night locked on the boat &
surrounded by compound & heavily armed soldiers to keep the troublesome
natives away. Hmmmm.

Next day went to the temple at Dendera in what can only be described as an
armored convoy. The busses were guarded by; 1 cop on a bike, one cop car, 2
armored trucks with about 10 soldiers in each all armed to the hilt with
AK47s (with double taped magazines) & an armored ute with a mounted 50
caliber heavy machine gun on the back.
Not entirely sure just how this was supposed to make us feel secure.
Anyway, didn't get shot at & made it back to the boat with some interesting
bits of pottery etc that they allow you to take from this site. There is so
much of it that after the professionals go through each area they just pile
what they don't want to keep in bloody great heaps so berks like me can walk
away with some little pieces. Better than the crap you can buy in the
souvenir shops.


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And then the fun of coming home.

Left Cairo at 5.15 AM (that’s 3.15 AM London time) to Heathrow. Got to sit
around there all day until the 10;15 PM flight. (that’s 19 hours already).
13 hours to Singapore & a 2 hour stopover. (that’s 34 hours)
8 hours to Sydney. Arrive at 5.00 AM (that’s 42 hours)
To avoid jetlag as much as possible you have to try to stay awake until your
normal bedtime. Sacked out at about 9;30PM
(Grand Total with bugger all sleep - that’s right folks - 59 & a half hours)
Needless to say I didn't do much of anything once I woke up yesterday.
Still, feel OK today so it seems to have worked.

Grand total of 59 rolls of film were used. That will cost a bit to get
developed. Should have them back by Tuesday afternoon.
It will probably take me until Thursday to sort them all out (& throw out
the crap)

Anyway, that’s about it. With no job to waste my time on I will try to catch
up with most of you over the next couple of weeks.

ta ta

F.U.S.B.