点评:When travelling on the Nile, you have a distinct dichotomy of choice with big cruise ships (blocks of flats) at one end and a Dahabiya (Sail boat) at the other.
Nothing brought this into sharper contrast than having visited the wondrous and almost deserted Temple of Edfu in the afternoon, subsequently overnighting and BBQ on an island, we sailed back past Edfu the next morning, where 18+ big cruise ships (3 abreast) were disgorging their passengers towards the temple.
Thank you to the fabulous crew and our guide Dr Abdula for making this an experience that will be remembered for a lifetime. Of sitting in luxurious splendour on the wide deck of the Nora, eating fantastic and well prepared food (all the salads et el are washed with bottled water), all requests attentively catered for (turkish coffee, hot chocolates), watching the life of Nile go by, fishermen casting their nets , cattle on the banks, darting King Fishers (black and white, there was local bird book on deck).
We also used Djed Egypt Travel to arrange our other individualised excursions (and transfers) in both Luxor and Aswan. Again, our Egyptologists were incredibly knowledgeable (if you pointed out some hieroglyphics, they would be able to interpret them for you). We had asked and paid extra for entry into the Tomb of Seti in the Valley of the Kings, deliberately priced to reduce footfall to this incredible tomb. In Aswan, in addition to the Temple of Isis at Philae we were taken to lesser known Kalabsha temple on Lake Nasser, where we were the only ones on the island (we felt so privileged). We also went to the Sofra restaurant in Luxor (part of Djed), which we highly recommend.
Finally, we would like to extend our grateful thanks to Youstina Yakoub, our main contact at Djed who coordinated everything and everything worked so well, together with additional guidance, including tipping etiquette. Shokran, Shokran, Shokran.
翻译:尼罗河之旅,你会面临截然不同的选择:一端是大型游轮(宛如公寓楼),另一端是达哈比亚帆船。
没有什么比这更能凸显这种鲜明的对比了:下午参观了令人叹为观止却几乎空无一人的埃德夫神庙,随后在岛上过夜并享用了烧烤。第二天早上,我们乘船返回埃德夫神庙,却看到18艘以上的大型游轮(三艘并排)正源源不断地将乘客送往神庙。
感谢出色的船员和我们的导游阿卜杜拉博士,是他们让这次旅行成为我终生难忘的回忆。在诺拉号宽敞豪华的甲板上,我们惬意地享用着美味佳肴(所有沙拉等食材都用瓶装水清洗),所有要求都得到了周到细致的满足(土耳其咖啡、热巧克力),欣赏着尼罗河上的生活景象:渔民撒网、河岸边的牛群、飞掠而过的翠鸟(黑白相间,甲板上还备有当地鸟类图鉴)。
我们还委托杰德埃及旅行社安排了在卢克索和阿斯旺的其他个性化游览(以及接送服务)。我们的埃及古物学家知识渊博(如果您指出一些象形文字,他们就能为您解读)。我们额外付费参观了帝王谷的塞提陵墓,据说门票价格较高是为了减少参观这座令人叹为观止的陵墓的游客数量。在阿斯旺,除了菲莱岛的伊西斯神庙,我们还去了鲜为人知的纳赛尔湖上的卡拉布沙神庙,当时岛上只有我们几个游客(我们感到非常荣幸)。我们还去了卢克索(杰德山的一部分)的索夫拉餐厅,强烈推荐。
最后,我们要衷心感谢尤斯蒂娜·雅库布,她是我们在杰德山的主要联系人,她协调安排了一切,一切都进行得非常顺利,还给了我们很多指导,包括小费礼仪。非常感谢!非常感谢!非常感谢!