This afternoon Mohamed needed to go to the other side and asked if I wanted to go.  Of course I did.  Crossing the Nile by car takes a lot more time than the quick hop on the ferry, but having your own car is more convenient if you want to go to several places in the city.

First off was picking up airline tickets for the Canadians.  On March 1st they will fly Luxor to Cairo and then Cairo to Sharm el Sheikh, finally by car to Dahab where they will spend a week.

Next was a stop for some fresh sugar cane juice.  We then stopped at the famous Wenkie's ice cream bar for a few scoops.  All this time we were also trying to find ginger root and finally did.  

I was back at the hotel in time to have a light dinner.