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Reference. Costumes, links, hotels, contacts, art roles, monitoring.
Costumes Links Hotels Contacts Art team Packing Monitoring

Costumes by day

DayThemeWhat to wear
Mon 5/25 · KarnakDescent / mourningOne lightweight dark scarf or shawl over normal clothes
Tue 5/26 · BanquetAscensionWhite & gold · ancient-Egypt inspired
Wed 5/27 · PhilaeDevotion · Ma'atWhite linen + gold · single tall feather (Feather of Ma'at) as headpiece/motif · clean symmetrical lines

Hotels & ground

Cairo · 5/22–5/25

Marriott Zamalek · 16 Saray El Gezira St, Zamalek 11211 · group base.

Luxor → Aswan · 5/25–5/28

Le Fayan · double cabin with Raiya.

Aswan extra night · 5/28

Both passed (Raiya + Romie). Free shuttle Aswan → Luxor 5/28 ~10am.

LHR overnight · 5/28

Raiya booked. Land LHR 20:55 · depart UA 949 13:00 next day.

Contacts

RolePerson
Lead organizerErica Blair · ericablair@gmail.com
Lead organizerValerie Beltrán · valeriebeltran5@gmail.com
Lead organizerBasile Verhulst · basile@verhulst.fr
Group emailritesofthepassingsun@pm.me
Local fixerHazem (private temple access)
Art narrative leadThibault Duchemin

Art-team roles

  • Banquet helper · Tue 5/26 boat banquet · with Erica + Valerie
  • Care Kitty · on-trip medical / care

Narrative

  • Three ceremonies (Karnak descent · Banquet ascension · Philae devotion)
  • Three Neteru threads (Amun-Ra · Heru · Aset) + personal Neteru via the app quiz
  • App: xd-river.vercel.app (pw egypt)

Packing call-outs

  • Dark scarf/shawl (Karnak Mon)
  • White & gold piece (banquet Tue)
  • Ma'at-styled white linen + gold + feather motif (Philae Wed)
  • Small EGP bills + crisp USD for tips
  • Universal adapter (Egypt type C/F · 220V)
  • Sun hat, sunscreen, electrolyte tabs, refillable water bottle
  • Care Kitty kit: ibuprofen · anti-diarrheal · bandaids · sunscreen · electrolytes
  • Modest cover for temples (shoulders/knees)
  • Thin sleep layer (Le Fayan cabins can run warm)

Monitoring (background)

Session-only crons. They die when Claude is closed. Manual updates after that.

  • WhatsApp + art-team activity monitor (every 3h)
  • Saudia cancellation watch (no longer relevant · already flying)