Last night we did end up taking the overnight train and it wasn't too bad. If we hit anything, I slept through it.
Today we see the Temple of Isis and the rock Quarries where the ancient Egyptians carved out the stones used in their temples, including an unfinished obelisk they just left half finished when it broke in half after an earthquake. Tonight we stay on a cruise ship but it doesn't start sailing down the nile until tomorrow.