Overnight train from Cairo to Luxor

I was only in Egypt for four days so I did the tourist thing. I spent three days in Cairo and one day in Luxor. To get to Luxor my wife and I took the overnight train which was one of the highlights of the trip. I love seeing all the cities that tourists don't visit all that often and witnessing the day to day life of people who live there. Luxor is about ten hours from Cairo so you can just sit and stare out of the window and be entertained the entire trip.

This was a soldier passing in the night at the station in Luxor. Many people would hang out of the doors and windows and watch us watch them.

I also have been finding many photographers and books that are very inspirational so I figured every time I post I will list one new person or book you should check out.

For this post it's: Curse Of The Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta by Michael Watts and Ed Kashi