After our long day in Luxor, we arrived at the train station for our 8-hour train ride from Luxor to Cairo.
The travel agency booked us into a first class sleeper train. We were all quite apprehensive cos we don't know what to expect. We observed several trains that arrived before ours, and let's just say they were quite 'modest', you know like those trains you see in India.
Wow, not too bad eh? And each first class carriage comes with a porter which speaks Queen's English and wears a captain's uniform.
After having dinner, the porter turns our seating carriage into sleeping bunks. Due to my smaller stature, i got the upper bunk. Even though it was a tiring day, most of us couldn't get much sleep cos the carriage was too cold, the tracks were noisy and the pillow was toooo flat.
Ahhh, after we reached Cairo, we stopped by at the Egyptian Museum. We queued for about 45 minutes to get in, to clear their checks at the entrance. Security is tight, especially with all the bomb threats to the tourist areas in Egypt.
They are scheduled to move to a new place soon, and about time too. The interior was too cramped. They have too many artifacts to be placed in such a small building. There was no proper storage of the artifacts, anyone could touch everything, and there were even some broken windows, making this place with absolutely no care and maintenance for these wonderful historical items.
The most impressive item in the museum are the treasures and the golden head of boy King Tutankhamun.
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