Nuba Nile Hotel

... South America who spent the last 10 months studying English in Britain.  They are really friendly, here with me now at the hotel.  Tomorrow I am going to Abu Simple with them - leaving at 4am, ugh, but should be very fun.  Tomorrow evening ...

... ;            His perspective on the city met my eye upon arrival at the Nile hotel. The Nile River glistened as the sun speckled on the ripples of the body of water that is the essence of Egypt.   ...

... Once reaching Aswan, a guy named Ahmed collected us from the airport and we met up with Ann from the Cairo African Safari Hotel for tea (shai) at a sheesha teahouse. Ann, a 32 year old writer whose husband is away in the US Army excitedly told ...

... more whilst out the right hand window you see the Nile and an oasis of fertile plains littered with palm trees. Arrived at our hotel a bit hot and bothered. Aswan is notorious for getting real hot - up to 50 degs in summer. Must've been close to ...

... and they have a really really thick fur dash cover which is amazing considering it is around 40 odd degrees. Anyway we arrived at our hotel dump the gear as the rooms weren't ready yet and headed out to go to Philae Temple. The temple is on an island in ...

... we wanted in the first place that is 2 block from the train station!!! We finally have a double bed and not two singles!!! After the hotel fiasco we went for lunch with our new Irish friend, Decklin, he was in the room next to us on the train. After we ...

... until we arrived in Aswan. Hussein, our guide, met us on the platform, and led us 2 streets away to our hotel, the Nubanile Hotel (***3 stars***). It's so new, it's still under construction! The top two floors are still being built! Hussein explained the ...

... afternoon. Quite well preserved, this was one of the temples moved by UNESCO when the Aswan High Dam was constructed. Back to the hotel and met up with those from the group who took the seater train and ended up being even later and went out for dinner. ...

... little on the overnight train, but uit was more than made up for by the amazing sunset (cue more sunset photos!) over the Nile. Visited the temple at Philae (amazing place despite the pricey boat ride over, curse my poor bargaining skills lol), Aswan High ...

... con quien hicimos mucha onda y quedamos para cenar luego en Aswan. Ni bien llegamos nos esperaban para llevarnos al hotel "El Nile" sobre la Corniche que es como la rambla. La habitacion muy linda y moderna con TV y A/C. Alli inmediatamente ...

... convoy three days ago. Aswan is rather laid-back in comparison to Cairo and Luxor, and more black-african due to the Nubian influence. Our hotel was booked out (quite normal here) and we had to find another one, the best so far and for a long time to ...

... fare. I ended up just giving him that but i was annoyed even though it turns out i got an amazingly good deal. Any how, hotel was a shit hole. The door didn't close properly which was very worrying and it had a beautiful view of a waterless pool full of ...

... Yes, Mario and I hangled our prices down, but I'm still sure that we paid too much. This afternoon, we are heading North to Luxor by train, so we will spend the morning exploring more of Aswan's hidden streets and alleys, and walking along the ...

... of alabaster, we get dumped at our hotel. Mohammed is less than impressed. This time, we try a sandwich restaurant next to our hotel for supper, but to less ecstatic reviews. We should've gone back for pizza. Mario fell asleep early while I discover ...

Aswan ...

howdy. We Got up at the rediculous time of 3 A.M. this morning to ride a but for 3 hours so we could spend an hour at the Templs of Abu Simbel. Its funny because this is one of the things Nadine really wanted to see but we got the times wrong from our ...

... ), my new longest, beating 24 in Turkey a few years ago. Back in Khartoum, back to my crumbling, $2 a night, hotel. Days spent getting visa extensions, travel permits, photocopies, visiting friends and listening to my Iraqi roommate's stories about ...

... of pink and blue, wind and thunder rolling across the sky. At 2am it finally gave and a torrent sent everyone in the hotel scrambling for shelter like cockroaches when the toilet light is turned on. The result was, when I went down to the bus ...