Philae Hotel Aswan

79 Cornich el Nile Aswan, Nile River Valley, Egypt

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Aswan

A travel blog entry by alonandjenny

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From Cairo we traveled down south to Aswan by bus. It left at 5PM and it was nothing short from eventful. We had a sick woman sitting right behind us puking and spitting for 4-5 hours. We gave her our extra plastic bag to use but she just kept letting it out on the floor of the bus! This is not uncommon due to the fact that the drivers travel at a …

Aswan

A travel blog entry by edandbarb

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Aswan

We left Luxor by 7 a.m. in order to get to Aswan early enough to organize our visas for Sudan 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 …

Where The Nile Meets Nubia

A travel blog entry by koppers

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I woke up early on the train and couldn't get back to sleep, so spent some time admiring the beauty of life along the Nile before I dozed off again. I was woken later by the concierge/butler guy bringing us breakfast, which we enjoyed until pulling into the station at Aswan around 10:30am. We disembarked, put on our packs, and walked along the Nile …

Boats, Dams, More Boats, and Nubians

A travel blog entry by koppers

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We'd opted for the extended excursion, which included several other stops after the awe-inspiring Abu Simbel. Our first destination was the Aswan High Dam, which was nearly all the way back to Aswan. That was good news because it gave us a chance to get some sleep, which was much needed after our extremely early morning pick up.

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The Ancient Ruins of Abu

A travel blog entry by koppers

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We hadn't had any luck finding any restaurants (yet again), so opted to forgo lunch, something that would become a habit for us in Egypt. Instead of eating, we took the ferry to the middle of the Nile to explore Elephantine Island. The "ferry" was very small, cheap, and not remotely crowded (there were maybe four or five people on our boat). It …

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