On the next few pages are some photographs of modern Luxor and its surroundings. The area is a complex mixture of old and new - modern multi-storey hotels, combining with mud brick houses, donkey carts competing with tourist buses and the bustle of a city with the peace of the countryside. We'll begin with some views of the Nile, as it seems a good place to start.

The old and the new - two types of Nile transportation. To sit for the first time on the banks of the longest river in the world is another of the highlights of any visit to Egypt.!

An alternative way of seeing the river - these small boats are everywhere. This one is called Titanic!

Egypt would not be Egypt without glorious sunsets over the Nile.