We were back on the Queen of Hansa heading down the Nile to Luxor where we would dock and spend the night. Along the way we were lowered from our high level of the Nile to the next lower level through the river locks at Esna. Another treat along the way for a few of us was meeting the ship captain as he sat on his bridge piloting the ship (pictures of these adventures here).

Because of an apparent limited amount of docking positions, especially here in Luxor (ancient Thebes), the first boat to a docking position naturally docks. Other boat captains who like that area “park” their boats parallel to the first, and the way to the shore from the newcomers is one by one through the lobbies of the boats between theirs and the dock. Today our boat is the ninth from shore so we will have to trek through eight lobbies to get to the bus to carry us to Luxor temple.

Ah, let’s get closer still.