Monastery of St. Simeon Aswan

Aswan , Nile River Valley, Egypt
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  • 1

    Nubian Nite

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    ... the west bank of the river.  Some of what we saw was the Temple of Khnum, Aga Khan mausoleum, Aswan Museum and the Monastery of St. Simeon.  The local guide pointed out the spot near the Aswan Museum called the Nilometer of Satet Temple ...

  • 2

    Aswan - Tombs and Camels

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    ... .  To keep them moving the drivers were constantly hitting them with sticks.  After about an hour, we got to the Monastery of St. Simeon and everyone was tired. We had just gone down a massive sand dune and up a rocky slope.  I decided to ...

  • 3

    Cairo-Aswan overnight train/felucca cruise

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    ... felucca and spent the night overboard. We cruised past the Elephantine Island, Kitchener's Island, Aga Khan's Mausoleum and the MOnastery of St Simeon. Feluccas are sailing boats that have been used on the Nile for centuries. There is no motor, so ...

  • 4

    Sailing the Nile to Aswan

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    ... a camel ride in the Nubian desert (boy, is it weird getting on a seated camel and then rising up!) to the Monastery of St. Simeon.  Built in the sixth century, this fortress-like structure is surrounded by the vast desert sands, and is one of the ...

  • 5

    Camel trek

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    ... of his mother on the wallls and not just his wife. Then it was backsboard the camels for the trip to to see the monastery of St Simeon. Iain had to make a brief pitstop as he had done too good a job of drinking his water. The camel drivers thought ...

  • 6

    Little fellucas

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    ... ride is a genuinely relaxing experience. We were dropped on the west bank, from where we 'trekked' (30mins) to the monastery of St. Simeon, an impressive, fortress-like ruin in the desert. Aparrantly this St. Simeon occasionally hung himself by his beard ...

  • 7

    Abu Simbel and camel riding

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    ... boy took over after a while and he seemed to lead the camel better so I started to relax. We rode through a desert area past the Monastery of St Simeon, the Tombs of the Nobles and the Mausoleum of the Aga Khan. The sun stated to set and the view was ...

  • 8

    Aswan - so close to the Nile you can taste it

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    ... , we negotiated with a local ship builder, to quickly ferry Donna, Peter and myself across to a short walk to the Monastery of St Simeon. Thanks to Peters detour, we uncovered an active Coptic Christian compound in active mass (interesting find). Shortly ...

  • 9

    She'll be dancing like a robot when she comes

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    This day was another early start for our optional camel trek to the Coptic Monastery of St Simeon. Two of the group opted against this but the rest of us decided to brave the camels. We got a boat over there and then set off with Tarek and our camel ...