Basma Aswan

... us to the Nubian Museum.  This relatively new facility displays artifacts saved before Lake Nasser flooded the area behind the Aswan High Dam, erasing the traditional homelands of the Nubian people.  More than 3,000 objects are preserved here, ...

... into each other. It’s another hot one….already over 100 degrees at 8am. After the temple we visit the new Aswan High Dam. It provides power to the entire country of Egypt and allows Egypt to have agriculture.  Prior to the dam there was ...

... day egypt. This museum also chronicals the amazing efforts undertaken by UNESCO to raise the various temples near the Nile (to include Abu Simbel) that would become flooded when the Aswan dam was completed. That evening we visited the Aswan Bazaar ...

... in Aswan, we checked into our hotel and were completely in awe with the view. We stayed at Hotel Basma which sits on a big hill overlooking the city of Aswan and the Nile at its first cataract where it’s divided by many green islands and gorgeous. ...

... water and a couple of oranges.   The whole process is so annoying that we spent little time shopping. Fortunately, the Basma Hotel where we stayed was a very decent place.  A large complex with a pool and lounge area, gardens and nice ...

... them. To get the best of it, go in a slow season; that way all your pictures will look better too...less tourists;) Aswan is Egypt's most southerly city, located at the northern end of the enormous Lake Nasser. The only thing in between is the Aswan ...

A serious nap was required when I arrived at the Basma Hotel, which was located on top of a hill overlooking Aswan and the Nile. I slept longer than planned and in so doing, screwed up Ehab's plans for our afternoon. So after a brief time together, he had ...

... on the internet. Then had a swim and a tasty lunch. In the afternoon we caught a Fellucca (sail boat) along the Nile to the Aswan Botanical Gardens and back again. One of the boat operators had a drum and we were all singing along. On the way back there ...

... High Dam was created. This was a massive operation requiring worldwide assistance. Five very sleepy Busabout people checked into the Aswan airport and went through countless security checks before boarding our "Memphis Air" plane to Abu Simbel. It is ...

After a 15 hour train ride, we arrived in Aswan to the taxi drivers insisting our hotel was many kilometres away. I really believe they don't know what a kilometre is, but have figured out that if they say a high enough number that people tourists will ...

Woke up beside the Nile near Qena, north of ...

... . It was very cool…it actually looks like a body of water in the distance. There is absolutely nothing between Abu Simbel and Aswan; it’s all desert. I would not want to get stuck out here. Abu Simbel is only a few miles from the Sudan boarder ...

... 8217;eau érode les briques.  Nous quittons le monastère pour regagner Assouan et sur la route de l’hôtel Basma, nous entrons dans la cathédrale d’Assouan. Quelques mots d’arabe nous attirent la sympathie du gardien qui nous fait ...

... any trouble also.    On day three we had another day of travel back to Cairo to take a domestic flight down to Aswan (where I currently am writing this journal).  Along the journey we stopped at a local shopping mall to purchase some cell ...

... really just have to keep reminding yourself that what we're seeing is almost 5000 yrs old - the birth of civilization.  Today we flew into Aswan (from Cairo) and it was 105 degrees at 9:30 pm!  What will it be at the "hot" time of the day? Good ...