Thru Qena to Luxor

Everything changed from Qena!!

We camped in a desert camp a good 15km before Qena. The traffic was noticeably denser closer to Qena and we had no choice but to ride in a convoy ... security pressures/instructions. We were led thru Qena ... still in convoy and witnessed our first Tour Bus Convoy ... over fifty tour buses screaming past with intermittent police vehicles escorting them.

From Qena to Luxor we travelled along one of the irrigation canals - supplied by the river Nile. There are continuous houses and shops along the way, people and ample cultivated fields.

The people persistently call out greetings and requests for money and endless screams of "Hello!!" from waving children on all sides.

We were going at quite a pace ... all the "racers" together ... when Andrew unfortunately broke his chain and I dropped back to watch him - sorry my mechanical skills are useless so I only offered to watch.

We ended up having a very pleasant and relaxed ride ... tagging along with Alice, Darrel, Gerhard and Remy ... who had a puncture on the start line ... aagghh - I hope I never have that.