Sara Hotel Aswan
El Fanadek Street Aswan, Nile River Valley, Egypt
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Egyptian-style Christmas
Tonight we're at the mercy of the overnight train operating on African time as we parallel the Nile on our way from Cairo to Aswan. It left on-time but arrived late due to several random unscheduled stops, perhaps to drop off one's cousin or brother-in-law closer to home. Our guide
somewhere got everyone red Santa's hats, a bit unusually …
Home of our guide Waul
After a 12 or so hour train ride... and after a mix up with our seats! We arrived in the south of Egypt in a city called Aswan. This is the home town of our guide Waul and is where a lot of the granite was mined for the Pyramids, other buildings and Obelisks.
Our Hotel had a pool which was nice as it was hot, Trent thought it would be a …
Nile & Nubian Bite Marks!
On arrival we were introduced to the local drink Hibiscus tea, or Karkadai, drunk hot or cold and sweet or slightly bitter. It is bright red and is used to cool blood and medicinally lowers blood pressure.
We arrived in Aswan fairly earl in the morning and were driven straight to the hotel. We were staying in the Sara hotel, overlooking …
Day 5: The Holy Family was here, so was I!
Chapter 32: Coptic Cairo! Having spent the night with Cleopatra (the painting) staring at you, I woke up feeling quite exhausted. (C'mon, wouldn't you feel uncomfortable when someone is watching you the whole night?) My flight to Aswan was in the late afternoon so I had the whole morning free to explore around Cairo. Having visited the Islamic …
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... customers. The man repeated the same phrase, which sounded more like a demand than a request, at twice the volume. Then he started ranting about how we (Mo, Ivan, TT and I) weren't the only ones there, and that he wanted to enjoy the silence of the place. Mo responded to the other man "if you could just ask in a more kindly manner." The man started walking up the ramp to go into the next section of the temple, when he quickly turned ...



