we went to upper/southern egypt for a long weekend. we stayed in luxor, the main city in the region, which is about twelve hours south of cairo up the nile river. we took the night train, and played cards until about 4 am before getting a few hours of sleep. luxor is a tourist city filled with ancient egyptian temples and the atmosphere is totally different than cairo. everyone tries to rip you off at every opportunity so it gets really tiring arguing with every person you meet about prices before they give it to you. that said it was a wonderful weekend.
karnak temple is just outside the city, and luxor temple is right in the center of the city. we stayed at a very nice hotel in luxor with a swimming pool on the roof so that was amazing! it is starting to get cooler in cairo but it was very hot in luxor.
