Missed Train/Updates

It's been a busy past few weeks with only minimal updates to our photo gallery and blog. This morning we missed our train down to Aswan. For a while we tried to find a bus company that does that route. After boarding five separate mini-buses to take us to the main bus terminal we ended up right back were we started, at the train station. Every bus says yeah, yeah get in... then drive a while and either get off here and catch another bus or pulls over and says how much will you pay to go there (this is after we had already agreed on a price before we enter the vehicle). By the fifth bus we eventually agreed to pay the 10 Egyptian pounds and still ended up back at the train station with the driver saying, yes this is the bus terminal. Then he wanted us to pay 20 pounds to get to the bus terminal when we told him, no this is not the bus terminal. Needless to say we never payed more than 1 EP (about 20 cents) for any of the lifts. With this we decided to take the afternoon off to work on flights and update our photo gallery a bit. This evening we will make the 3 hour train journey south to visit some more old ruins.