Update.

Spend the evening with an executive from Cairo and the President and VP of Ker & Downey. We bribed them all with wine and good food and the man from Cairo came up with some wonderful ideas for a Nile trip. He is going to go back now and come up with a plan for our trip and then I can let everyone know what he proposes.

The only thing is that this wont be cheap, but it will be 100% special and first class with things that would not normally be available to tourists. He is even talking about taking us to his own home in Cairo.

So as soon as I have details I will be back with facts and figures. This would be late February to early March 2010 with a 7 day cruise on the Nile. He said they hit the sites when most of the tourists are gone and spend more time cruising during the day when you get to enjoy the boat and the scenery and avoid the big crowds. Sounds good to me. The ship looks absolutely sensational. No buffets everything is by menu with lots of choices. I asked for a menu!!

I have asked for a post trip to Petra for those that want it. We may have a couple of options as extensions to the basic Cairo and Nile cruise option. I have asked them to include Abu Simbel because to go to Egypt and not see that is really a sin.