Amoun Village Hotel
Travel Blogs from Aswan
Assuan, Abu Simbel und Philiae Island
... und Freundlichkeit der Bewohner an den Sudan erinnert. Auf den zwei Kilometern zwischen Museum und Fähre hatte ich 2 Tee und einen Kaffee, zu denen ich, natürlich verbunden mit einem kleinen Plausch, jeweils eingeladen wurde.
Ansonsten Haare schneiden und SIM - Karte besorgen und dann ist die Truppe auch schon wieder zurück.
Morgen fahren wir mit einer Felucca drei Tage über den Nil nach Luxor, und hoffen, dass wir dann dort irgendwann den Truck und die anderen wieder ...
Goodbye to river Nile
... I think we got a lot more out of it with Manar than we would have going it alone.
We finished of the Nile portion of our trip with a visit to the Temple of Philae and a visit to the high dam. It seems like the Nile crocodiles are only now in the Nile south of the dam and Lake Nassar which was created by the dam (bit of a relief). We also made a trip to an essence shop as Aswan is famous for the export of essences which are the base for perfumes. ...
Egypt
... be one of the most iconic images related to Egypt. What I found interesting was that, knowing he was only a child King (passing at only 19 years old), he was very short. He had a metal bondage-like brace that held his mummified body together. It seemed very small....
King Tutankhamen's treasures are so famous because of all the ancient Pharaohs, his tomb was the only one that has been discovered fully intact. Sadly over history, many other tombs have long been raided ...
Day 47 - Day 7 Jewels of the Nile
... were too fragile or too much in ruins to move and they are now under the Nile. Back to the ship and collected our bags and we onto a bus to take us over Aswan High Dam, which we learnt was commissioned by the late President Nasser, but only after he personally visited every village ( Nubians ) that were going to be effected by the dam. He explained and encouraged the villagers to relocate on the other side of the dam on the West Bank of the Nile, where ...
Southern / Upper Egypt
Isis Hotel 11/9/12
Happy Birthday Katie! It is only 4am in Wellington so best I don't call you yet but thinking of you.
Last night was an adventure to remember! The sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan. We transfer from the hotel through heavy traffic – very slowly inching forward and with judicious use of the horn! Amongst the crazy chaos there are street sellers with everything from water to plastic birds that fly ...
Other places to stay in Aswan
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Basma Hotel
El Fanadek Street, Aswan | 3 star hotelfrom $80- So many staff, so little service
- What a fantastic hotel
- 1970's timewarp
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Isis Corniche Hotel
Corniche El Nil St., Aswan | 4 star hotelfrom $36 -
Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan
Abtal El Tahrir Street, Aswan | 4 star hotelfrom $232- Great place to relax
- Truly awful!
- What a pity
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Marhaba Palace Hotel
Corniche El Nil, Aswan | 3 star hotel -
Memnon Hotel
Nile Street Above The National Bank, Aswan | 2 star hotelfrom $14 -
Sara Hotel
El Fanadek Street, Aswan | Hotelfrom $55 -
Cleopatra Hotel
Saad Zaghloul St, Aswan | 3 star hotel -
Philae Hotel
79 Cornich el Nile, Aswan | Hotelfrom $54 -
Keylany Hotel
25 Keylany Street, Aswan | Hotelfrom $25 -
Nuba Nile Hotel
Abtal El Tharir St, Aswan | 3 star hotelfrom $27 -
Nile Hotel Aswan
15 Corniche El Nile Street, Aswan | Hotelfrom $42 -
The Hathor Hotel
99 Nile Street, Aswan | Hotel -
Nubian Oasis Hotel
234 Saad Zaglowl Street, Aswan | Hotelfrom $10 -
Paradise Hotel
373 Saad Zaghlol Street, Aswan | Hotelfrom $42 -
Ramsis Hotel
Abtal El Tahrir St., Aswan | Hotel -
Kalabsha Hotel
Abtal El Tahrir Street, Aswan | 4 star hotel -
Happi Hotel
Abtal El Tahrir St, Aswan | Hotel -
Oscar Hotel
El Barka Street, Aswan | Hotelfrom $15 -
Iberotel Aswan
The Nile Corniche, Aswan | 4 star hotelfrom $56
