AboutJane Akshar Expertise I have extensive knowledge of tourism in Egypt, specifically Luxor, and Egyptology in general. I can answer questions on travel, hotels, restaurants as well as about the sites and dealing with the locals. I can tell recommend deserted sites where you are the only tourist, local guides who will take you walking over the hills, reliable drivers, taxis, donkey and camel men, sailing and motor boat captains.
I can answer questions on Egyptology(up to the end of the New Kingdom) as I have been involved with Egyptology for over 40 years and have contacts in the Antiquities department and with many of the Archaeological teams in Luxor.
Experience I have been coming to Egypt as a tourist since 1979 and moved to live in Luxor in 2003. I love to help people fall in love with Egypt. I guide guests around the sites in Luxor and run a small tourism business renting flats (apartments) to tourists. I am married to an Egyptian and have a bilingual teenage daughter. I write regular feature articles for Tour Egypt and run a News Blog on Luxor.
Organizations AEITB "Association of Egyptian Travel Businesses on the Internet"
Publications www.touregypt.net
www.luxornews.net
wikipedia.org/wiki/KV63
www.kv-63.com (photos)
Archaeological Diggings Magazine
The Cultured Traveller
Egyptian Cultural Heritage Organisation (ECHO)
The Undoctored Past
Education/Credentials 8 O levels, OND in Science, City and Guilds in Computing, 10 years Egyptology with the University of London Extra Mural Dept
Question We lived in Egypt for a while and now we are in America. When we lived in Egypt, he was always on the run with friends and family. He was happy. We are now in the U.S. and he is miserable. He misses his friends and family. The U.S. is not what he thought it would be like. He wants us to go back home to Egypt. My question is have you ever heard of Egyptian men not liking the states? Thanks
Answer Yes, all the time.
It is much easier for a Westerner to adapt to living in Egypt than an Egyptian to adapt to living in the West. My husband says the Egyptian is like a fish, take him away from the Nile and he dies.
They have a completely false image of America gained from a few visitors and TV programs. The reality of bills, poor jobs, unfamilar community is a horrid shock. Get yourselves back to Egypt
