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Originally posted by Epona:
I went to Egypt for 3 weeks over Xmas/New Year 1994-5 - and had a great time! Didn't get sick like you did, but I did get flu and missed the New Years party 
This was when tourists were under attack, so we (me and 5 friends) were about the only tourists in the country at the time, althought there were a load dragged off a coach and shot during our stay.
Other than that it was great (although a few scary moments) we went to Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and Abu Simbel - driving through the Western Sahara was something else!! A word of warning, don't go on a nile cruise - a sure way to get sick - travel by land and hire a felucca for your Nile adventures. Cairo museum is excellent, Pyramids, Karnak temple, Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's Temple, Aswan and Elephantine Island are great places to just kick back and relax, and the temples of Ramesses and Hathor at Abu Simbel are a must - not just the excellence of ancient remains, but also the 1964 UNESCO engineering feat in rescuing them from the rising Lake Nasser.
And, hehe, my life seems to be sorting itself out too  which is a bonus! Hectic though, but happy.
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HATSHEPSUT'S TEMPLE!!!!!WOWOWOWOWOOWOWOOWO
I have an amazing fictionalised account of her life, called Child of the Morning. It is just amazing, very powerful and poignant. Makes me cry every time. And it so evokes Egypt. And yes, I'd love to see ALL those places you list.
How do you mean, definitely get sick on a Nile trip? Do you mean tummy wise?
Tourists dragged off a coach and shot? How casually you mention it - you must have nerves of steel, Epona!