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Aswan Slideshow
Aswan
Travel Blogs from Aswan, Egypt
This town needs more Backpackers!!
... again, but dust, plus heat, plus transport always equals beer. Besides it was (arguably) invented here in Egypt! Hard to find a decent cold one in Aswan that I don't have to trade my first born son for... see blog titled "The Mummy at Emy" ...
Abu Simbel and a non-convoy convoy
I can't tell you why, but I woke naturally at 2.14am, one minute before my alarm went off. By 2.45 we were in the foyer of the hotel and by 3 we were in our mini bus, on our way to join our convoy. Ever since the terrorist attack in 1997 where ...
Philae Temple and Nile cruise
We were off the overnight train by 10.30am, and striaght to the hotel for lunch, before heading off to Philae Temple, on an island in Lake nassar. The temple is dedicated to the cult worship of the goddess Isis, and was moved to the lake piece by piece ...
The Mummy at Emy
... over a two day period and help illustrate how much better it is to follow your nose and have some fun. Aswan can be pretty expensive (relative to Egypt) and it is very hard to find a good cold beer that doesn't involve gouging, Western food or an ...
Home on the Nile
... could. We relaxed at the hotel for a while, and then we went to the train station to board the sleeper train to Aswan. The trains operate on Egyptian time, so we had plenty of opportunities to people watch at the station. The train was ...
Edfu-Aswan
114 Km Another short fast day. Everything went better today, the kids were in school! I took a couple of breaks today, one to look over the river and the other as a coke break. There is not very much to say about today, it was much like yesterday except ...
Give with one hand and take away with the other.
... ;s balances) I know that you can hire a Contiki coach for the day with 250km and petrol for 200 British pounds. Abu Simbel from Aswan was only 280km. So I asked a couple of other people on the tour what they though and they agreed with me but as usual no ...
Aswan 2
... blow Deutsch-style rings with it. As beer is so hard to find, particularly in the more conservative and smaller cities like Aswan, I made do with 3 glasses of tea. The people in our group are good fun, especially my roommate Jason who responds to ...
Breath of fresh(ish) air in Aswan
... Dam in the 1960s. It is pretty well preserved and the reliefs in some of the rooms were spectacular. Headed back into Aswan for a relaxing felucca ride on the Nile. Enjoyed a few beers and a Nubian dinner while the sun was setting. ...
Aswan
Happy New Year
... enjoyed the experience but I'm sure no-one is in any hurry to do it again. We are staying at the Basma hotel in Aswan which has amazing views, but the rooms are only average. The expensive New Years party was fairly average and the entertainment ...
Long rides in buses and trains..
After a thirteen hour train ride and absolutely not a wink of sleep, we arrived into Aswan around 11am. Even though my best attmepts to sleep included playing the "name game" (the drink while you think version) with James and Ibrahim nothing worked, ...
Pest at the Nubian Village
... a string of angry Arabic from him and a look of annoyance from Graciela. For me, I wish I'd thought of it earlier. We arrived in Aswan around 9:00, and started walking to the hotel I'd selected as a good possibility to stay. It was $27 a night for two, or ...
Lovely, Lovely Aswan
... prettiest . Very green grounds and ,colorful flowers blossoming against the clear blue sky - this is how I will always remember Aswan - loverly.... If ever I return to this country, it would be to Aswan and Mt Sinai., I would think. We checked ...
Aswan Dam
This morning we visited the impressive Aswan Dam. Because of the strategic nature of the dam the security is strong. In fact,. all over Egypt the security is intense....police and army all over the place, particularly around tourist locations. Later we ...
Travel to Aswan
... for the moment this is the largest one. It isn't really that "high" as they say but very long. Something like 90% of all the electricity in Egypt comes from the dam. And the largest man made lake in the world - Lake Nassar is a result also from the ...
Pyramids and stuff
... and ornate, all for a boy king that really had no accomplishments in his reign. Some additional observations about Egypt: -the people are extremely friendly and helpful. The children are so curious and think nothing of starting a ...
Day 4 - Return to Aswan
Later we board our feluccas and set sail along the River Nile. As our felucca plies its way our afternoon is spent lazing about, sunbathing and swimming. Lunch, dinner & overnight ...
Aswan...
... threw me off the blog agenda as it was dial up and took forever and cost wayyy too much money. So in Aswan we visited two major archaeological sites...Edfu and Kumom Umbo. Both sites are Egyptian but have major influence from the ...
Deep into the heart of Egypt...........
... it was a sleep in the afternoon as we were trashed from the train ride, Then Kat went on another camel ride into the desert in Aswan. Much more comfortable than the other one. That night we went out for Egyptian pizza which was ok and kat lost her scarf ...
Aswan
... and to get our truck on a barge, as it can't come on the ferry with us. We have thoroughly enjoyed our 4 days in Aswan. One of the reasons is the very nice hotel we are staying in, which overlooks the Nile. Every day has been very ...
On the Nile - Aswan
... the boat at 715am we took a minibus up to the quarries in Aswan where the Egyptians quarried the granite. Here was the resting place of the unfinished Obelisk. Later we moved onto the High Dam of Aswan with its surroundings scattered with Nubian ...
Aswan and nile boat cruise
... my first Ferrari ride but goood all the same. It was more scary than anything else tho as the traffic around Aswan and all of Egypt is insaine. We were reminded of our brush with death, 2 years prior, during the rickshaw ...
Temple of Isis on the beautiful island of Philae
It was early in the morning when we boarded our waiting bus. We were now in Aswan, the most southern city in Egypt located on the east bank of the Nile, a city considered to be the country's main gate to Africa! Our guide provided us ...
On Board the Movenpick Radamis
The ship finally departed Aswan in the afternoon and as we enjoyed the leisurely pace of the cruiser, my legs finally gave way. I had been limping, moaning and groaning at every step that I took but the pain was too excruciating and I decided to go for a ...
A visit to the Aswan High Dam
... half hour admiring the panoramic view on both sides. Several other tourist groups were also on site snapping pictures here and there under the warm and pleasant weather. Thankful for having seen the Aswan High Dam! Monique ...