Cleopatra Aswan

Just when I was starting to get tired of running around from temple to temple and fighting off all the market venders, I got on the felucca and the whole world changed. I've noticed in Egypt that everything seems to come just at the right moment, its a perfect balance. and just when you start wondering "is this worth it? am i getting ripped off?" it gets 10 times better than ...

... with a mortar and pestle and placed in a pot of hot water over the coals along with fresh cardamom, ginger, and cinnamon. The resulting concoction is very delicious and spicy.<br> <br>Next Boyd goes for a swim in the Nile River. The Nile at this place is not as polluted as riverboats cannot travel upstream to this location, and the current is steady and heading towards where the riverboats are moored in Aswan. The water temperature is very ...

... is awesome again, and just so cheap. Falafels and schwarma (like a kebab) in arabic bread for lunch and dinner respectively cost about $7AUD in total for the both of us, and are very very tasty and filling. A late night swim finished the day and then off to bed. Today we had a nice sleep in and have just come down to the net cafe to chewck the GF score (upset that the Saints lost it). We have decided that Aswan is the perfect place to take it easy for a few days, so are planning on ...

... fed, baby donkeys, baby camel and a beautiful looking pony. We fed them all with grass that the farmer bought us and felt like kids again. He then bought me a baby goat to handle and she was so at home in my arms. The farmer then took us to his home and showed us his kitchen complete with outdoor oven, the saloon area and the bedroom and a sheesha room with paintings drawn on the mud brick walls which looked pretty cool. He showed us how he irrigates his crops from a well ...

... caught my attention. A couple other people were in the shop as well, so I had a chance to look around without having the attention of the shop owner.<br>I decided on the blue one and the shop owner let me try it on. After that the bargaining started. He started off at 200 Egyptian Pounds if I remember correctly. No way, so I said 40 Pounds. He had a look of exhasperation on his face, then took his price down to 160. I came back with 45, he said 150. We went ...

... older than Chris for a ride to town in his donkey carriage . We at first said no but later told him to come back at night after he agreed for a trip to town for RM30. After the shouting incident at Mt Sinai and the scam at the Pyramid, the kids were now petrified of any trips, rides etc. Even Ray and Annie looked at me weirdly when I told them about the donkey ride that I had organised<br><br>

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)<br> <br>We set off again after our pancake breakfast, spending the morning zigzagging down the Nile under a stronger breeze than that of the day before. Late in the morning we pulled over again, and climbed in the back of small troop trucks for the bumpy and incredibly dusty ride into the town of Daraw. There we were introduced to Mohammed, a sprightly and very entertaining 81 year ...

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)<br>< br>After breakfast we packed our bags and walked the couple of blocks back to the Nile where we embarked on one of JJ&#8217;s feluccas. The small open-decked sailing boat would be our communal lounge room, dining room, bedroom, concert hall and diving platform for the two night trip down the river to Kom Ombo. <br><br>Kitted out in our ...