Mike is cheesy

Can't handle that cheesiness Mike. Have had enough for the rest of my life.

As to photos, I'm sorry but I have been using this crappy old computer at my hotel. I have been looking at the internet places to find one that I can put photos on. Will try. I'm sorry to disappoint my readership. I do appreciate all the comments I have been recieving. It's really nice. Especially when I was feeling so lonely and annoyed.

There are WAY LESS independant tourists than I expected, especially females. I guess I must be a crazy nut....because almost nobody does it seems. I can kind of understand why. However it's been fun regardless. The American girl I met on the train is an archeologist and she is in Aswan for a few days. So it's been fun to have someone to hang out with. She is blonde and tall as well so I think sometimes it's double the attention but oh well.

Today we went to Abu Simbel to these temples from around 1274 -1244 BC. They were discovered in 1813 covered mostly in desert sand. The one temple had these huge 30m high and 35m wide statues of Ramses II (four of them) at the entrance. In side there were several rooms with beautiful painting and carvings in the rocks. There was a second temple that was smaller but also magnificent. It's is crazy all the freaking old stuff in this country. It's pretty overwhelming.

Then we went over to an Island and ended up having this guy show us around. He informed us he wasn't interested in bakseeh (a tip) and was quite helpful. He did give us the option donating to a school they were trying to build which we did. It might have been a scam but he was really nice and it least it was a more creative scam. He took us to his house for tea and all around the island. It's nice to have someone to have a travel companion. Because based on my last two experiences in Siwa and Cairo I"m pretty hesitant to go anywhere with a man by myself, which means I miss out on cool experiences. Oh well thats the way it goes.