Egypt Day 5-- Edfu Temple & Partying Egyptian Style

We enjoyed a nice breakfast before disembarking in Edfu. I don't speak Arabic, but there was a huge problem with our transportation and a heated debate took place in front of our eyes as Ayman handled it. Apparently he had arranged for horse carriages to take us to the temple, but several others got wind of it and they all showed up and were fighting over taking us!!! SOOOOO CRAZY!!!!! So, to solve the problem, Ayman just called a motor coach and called off all the carriages! That was an up front view of their culture, in not a good way!! It is just pure survival here-- I've never seen anything like this! The Edfu Temple is one of the largest and most intact monuments in Egypt. It had 2 beautiful granite statues of the falcon god Horus that flanked the entrance to the temple. Today, Ayman started giving us names, and one of the people in the group was named Horus. I got the name Neftis and Bill is Sete! There is a funny story surrounding all of this in Egyptian mythology and there are some striking similarities to what we believe as members of the church!  I feel like these people had it from the beginning and it just got lost through the centuries... Anyway, from that day on, Ayman called me Neftis and Bill Sete!! Everything was super intact in the holy of holies and the altar was still standing. We stopped at the store for some drinks and talked with Ayman for a while as he explained more of the history. While we were gone, the boat staff made towel animal figures all over the boat and in our rooms... it was cute the things they came up with! Tonight we had a party where we were docked-- off the boat. They had the food all set up and everything was decorated for a party! The meat was all BBQ'd and they had all the usual and typical things they have had since we got to Egypt! And YES, the meat was still dry and overcooked, although the staff on the boat was really trying to make everything special. They played live Egyptian music while we ate and then it became a free for all where we were asked to dance with all the workers from the boat. They gave us hats to wear and we danced for a while to very long songs and very loud music! It seemed like it got louder as it got later! It was fun, but I was glad to get back on the boat!!! Bill refused to dance and just watched from the table. Another full day of adventures and we were so glad to get to bed!