[dylan's alias]

I'm not sure if weather will permit, but the best thing I did in Egypt was to go to Aswan and take a feluka (little rickety sailboat) trip up the Nile to Luxor. The side trip I didn't take, which I sorely regret was to Abu Simbel. It is out in the middle of nowhere. When I was there, we were told the road was out, and we would have to fly (which we didn't want to do). Apparently, the road is always "out", unless you are willing to pay extra to go. Egypt is definitely sketchy like that.

I was only there for a week, but that was plenty of time. My friends who only went for a day or two (we were living in Israel at the time) never left Cairo. They didn't like it at all (Cairo is a pretty dirty, loud city). Even the pyramids were a letdown for them. When I went, we left Cairo immediately and went south, then finished up at the pyramids, which was a much better plan.