New Abu Simbel Hotel Aswan

Corniche El Nil St., Aswan, Egypt Aswan, Nile River Valley, Egypt

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The crowds at Abu Simbel
Nile Cruise; Cairo; Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
 

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Aswan adn the approach thereto!

A travel blog entry by mrsmac

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When we left Luxor we became stranded for about 12 hours due to the low level in the Nile so the next couple of days we had to make up time. This was easily done, however. We reached Edfu about 5pm on the second day. Here we visited the Temple of Horus. This was even more spectacular at night as the lights gave a very dramatic effect to the place. We went from the boat to the temple in horse-drawn carriages. This was the first of the Greco-Roman temples we ...

Aswan and our first day on the Nile cruise

A travel blog entry by nuwan_shali

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... 8217;ve built these was hard to imagine. What was even harder to imagine was the fact that this temple’s original location was flooded when they built the high dam. So they moved the temple about 200m to a higher location by cutting it into 1000+ pieces and reconstructing it! Amazing!

Our tour for the day ended with a visit to the Unfinished Obelisk. A tall structure that was apparently used to guide people ...

I Made it to Egypt, But Only Just...

A travel blog entry by phileasfarx

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... I found myself walking the wrong way down travellators, leaving me clutching the sides to stop me from falling over. Walking up stairs, I fell back down them. I’m convinced I slept on a toilet. After spending six hours in the wrong terminal, I finally stumbled my way to the immigration desks that signalled my departure for London. When filling in the small Exit Form that would allow me to leave Egypt, I had to consult my passport to check ...

Aswan Day Two

A travel blog entry by aliceatfr

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Thisis the temple of Ramesses II's and Queen Nefertari.
Ramesses II had two enormous temples at Abu Simbel' They are among the most awe-inspiring monuments in all of Egypt. The pharaoh had his artisians carve out the temple out of a rock cliff to display his might. The faces of the king and queen are etched on the side of the ...

The Aswan Valley

A travel blog entry by winegalcj

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... it. The Nile is the worlds’ longest river and it is considered to be the mother of all civilization. The mother of us all. I hope this is just an exaggeration, but by the looks of things here, it certainly is the mother of Egypt.

At this end of the Nile, the river flows more quickly and is more alive than in Cairo. Cruise ships that look like mini Carnival and Princess party boats line up at the rivers edge, waiting to take tourists from ...

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