Luxor, Suez, Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan

On Saturday,March 14. our charter flight of 200 passengers arrived to the modern airport of Sharm El Sheikh at Red Sea to start cruising with the nostalgic ( built 1960)and only passenger ship m/s Kristina Regina under Finnish flag on international waters.That was my fift time on board of this vessel.
During the night our ship sailed to Safaga, from where three busses took us very early next morning for a four hours ride to Luxor. The bus trip was very interesting with very changing landscapes and traditionally dressed bedouins with camels and donkeys.But most interesting of course were The Valley of the Kings,where we visited three amazing tombs of Pharaos, all Ramseses no:s I,VI and IX, I think, built about 3500 years ago. After Queen Hatsepsuts restored Terrace temple we crossed the Nile with small boats to have a very good lunch at five star Steigenberger Hotel at 3pm. Then later we visited for two hours the incredible, huge Karnak Temple built also around 1500 B.C. Back aboard at 9.30 for cold beers and late dinner.
Next day we were already in Aqaba, Jordan, from were most passengers went for another long trip to Petra. I had been there with my family and some friends already 10 years ago, when only a few tourists visited it. Instead I did study Aqaba, where at Ali Baba Restaurant I had an exellent lamb lunch and a beer 0.5l. The lunch did cost around 5 euros as well as the beer too.
On Thursday we arrived to city of Suez, where I had a tour with a taxi to find a place where I could pay my lunch with credit card, because I did not like to change money, and in this city they seemed not to understand euros. Finally after some funny situationes we found Hotel Green House, where my cards were accepted. The lunch buffet there was'nt special but my assistant waitress, maybe 20 years old, was the most beautiful woman I have seen for years. Unfortunately she did not understand a word of English, but her black eyes and her disarming smiles,when she looked at me, made my day. When I was leaving, she very charmfully waved her hand and again with the dream smile.I could not understand how it was possible in this ugly city, that there would exist a great beauty like her.
On Friday we were back in Sharm El Sheikh, which is a typical uninteresting, new city, since 1980 for tourists. 70% of them were Russians, and many of them long-legged, high-heeled ones, a joy for understanding eye. The life aboard was easy and pleasant even that nothing special happened to be mentioned.