Luxor July 1,2008

We started out at 4:45 this AM after a 4AM wakeup call. We are 2 groups of 10 with 2 leaders and 2 small vans but stay at the same hotels and eat together. Our Isis group has been relatively healthy with only 2 cases of Mummy Tummy. the other Habibi group members are dropping like flies. One lady did not come this AM so that made 1 less. We took a colorful boat across the Nile to watch the sun rise from the West Bank at a farm. There was a woman there baking our breads in anoutdoor oven- they also use the sun to bake breads- that's how hot it is. We sat on carpets at 2 huge round tables outside beside the river and were served a breakfast really not unlike a western bkfst.Halfway through the meal Louis at the other table suddenly became unresponsive. Two of us are nurses- he didn't seem to be having a heart attack- good pulse and color- possibly a stroke or diabetic thing or just the heat. He came around after a few minutes fully alert but we sent him and his wife back on the boat to see a doctor- he seems fine tonight.- anyway 3 down. We then went to the Valley of the Kings- the tombs of the Pharoahs. Thjere the other group leader fainted twice and had to be carried away- 4 down. On top of that 3 of the habibi group have terrible coughs. We combined both groups onto our bus. We think they are cursed!