Back Home from Egypt

Arrived back home at midnight to -3 degrees, it was +30 a few hours earlier.

Celebration had to anchor in the harbour at Sharm al Sheik and we disembarked by tender. The Costa Europa cruise ship was tied up on the wall (left) after being damaged trying to dock last week.  3 crew members of the Europa sadly lost their lives in the accident - see bbc news.

It meant a lot of extra work by our already hard working crew

After the other accident near Marseilles a few days later, cruising is getting a lot of attention. Elf and Safety and 'No win, no fee' lawyers will be rubbing their hands with glee no doubt!

Checkout a selection of our photos here.

Luxor and Nile

River Nile at Luxor

A night away from the boat in 5* luxury at the Nile Palace hotel for a visit to the Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings. Not allowed to use a camera in the valley! How did I cope? - by taking sunset pictures of the Nile of course. Just as we imagined it would be. Maybe we will go back for a cruise on the upper Nile some day.