Isis Island

Despite the rain, we were extremely happy to arrive at the welcoming home of Isis, Ashruf, David, Sandra and Carol. This log is fairly straightforward as all we did was eat and look out the window at the rain. Tues - stayed in and got to know everyone - ...

... a couple marinas. Black Sound reminds us of the small fishing villages on the Canadian coast of Lake Huron back when we used to cruise Isis in the late 70's. We took the dingy ashore and Chad rented a golf cart for 2 days and we toured New Plymouth, the ...

... Alexandria of course! We were brought to an area where we boarded a motorboat which brought us to the Island of Philae where the Temple of Isis stood.   It was quite a pleasant ride in which we were seated on cushions around the small ...

... Gods as well. The tour wrapped up with a visit to the famous Dilos lion statues, which were a gift from the neighboring island of Naxos as a demonstration of that island’s prosperity. The lions outside at the site were a replica, the originals are ...

... beautiful Temple Of Isis at Philae. Bonus. We did a deal with a boat driver to take us out to Agilkia Island where the massive temple complex was reconstructed after the High Dam was completed.  We wandered around the relatively peaceful temple ...

... parks and backpacker hostels, we arrived at the barge harbour in time to embark at 8.30am for the short ride across to Fraser Island. Along the ten kilometre drive to the harbour, the countryside we noticed is lovely and green from the recent rains. We ...

... , this was the first time on the whole trip that I didn't know what the plan was. We settled into our hotel, which wasn't the Isis Island, but just the Isis Hotel-not nearly as nice, not on its own island, but realistically more suitable to our budget. ...

... on to Philie Temple...this is a temple that was swamped when the high dam was built, and got dried out and moved to Isis Island...there are markings in the water not far from Isis island which show where philie island lies! There were a few memorable ...

... Aswan via the Internet and had looked at the reviews of it using TripAdvisor. At just under GBP20 per night, the four star Isis Island Hotel was a bargain; it had two beautiful pools, a bar and a couple of good restaurants. Unfortunately, we only had ...

... gie de dernières minutes. Une fois au petit port privé, une navette nous a amenés sur un Resort situé sur l’île Isis au milieu du Nil. Lors du trajet, nous avons fait la connaissance du responsable de l’agence du Resort qui voulait ...

... out.  Our driving today had brought us from Aswan to the city of Luxor.  We arrived at the beautiful Isis Resort (I swear, our accommodation gets nicer each time!) this afternoon and immediately got to business:  pool time!  ...

... ferry motor.  We saw the Nubian ruins of Abu, the Mausoleum of Aga Khan, the manicured botanical gardens of Kitchener Island, Aswan's own Valley of the Kings, and plenty of suntanning birds. No crocodiles. Though the waters were riddled with them in ...

... !  Settled into our hotel mid morning and spent the afternoon and evening touring the Nile on a motor boat around Elephantine Island.  We had dinner with a local Nubian family and goofed around with their kids while enjoying the home cooked ...

... Dam of Aswan had created the largest man-made reservoir of water on the planet (Lake Nasser). Next we visited the Temple of Isis on the island of Philae.  This is one of the temples that had been moved to accommodate the rising water behind the High ...

... These were interesting, but my favorite had to be the Temple of Philae. The Temple of Philae, shown in the movie The Mummy 2, is an island temple that was moved when the dam was made as to not be flooded.  While a dive site temple would be great, the ...