Sunday Night 2/24/08

Today was rough to say the least. I was pretty set on waking up early, catching breakfast, and heading over to Luxor Temple. Richard says that Luxor Temple is best seen in the morning as the sun comes over it. I spent last night reading my guide book and was ready to spend the day getting lost in the art and architecture of Egyptian History. However when I woke up this morning I felt absolutely awful. I was naseous and weak, every limb felt heavy. As miserable as I was, I was convinced that getting some food in my stomach would help, so I went downstairs to grab breakfast. My hands were shaking as I tried to spread jam on my bread. I took little bites of anything I thought would make me feel better. I was upset to waste food, but I just had to go back to my room and lay down. I downed a bottle of water and laid in my bed surrounded by 3 others simply so I could cool off. Sickness, of which I wont detail, ensued, and I spent the rest of the day in bed, waking up on the hour to head back to the bathroom and be more unhappy. Finally at around 2:30 I felt a lot better and took a bath. I have felt fine since…I don’t know if it was dehydration, exhaustion, or mild food poisoning…either way it seems to have passed and I am happy about that. We’ll see how dinner goes tonight though. Last night Richard and I ate at this restaurant called Oasis. I had a sandwhich with grilled egglplant and green pepper. Tonight, Richard, Mary Ann, a friend of Mary Ann’s and I are going to eat at an Italian restaurant. My antiquities pass still isn’t in and I am in the process of getting more money changed over to Egyptian pounds so that I can do more site seeing on my own. However, tomorrow I am going to go to the West Bank Necropolis with one of the Egyptian Team Members, so I am stoked about that. The West Bank is home of the Valley of the Kings, tombs for the New Kingdom Pharaohs, as well as Deir el Bahri which has Queen Hatepshets phenomenal mortuary temple. I will take plenty of pictures.