Nuba Nile Hotel Aswan

... late in the afternoon, suggested we postpone the days' activities and join a group dinner in a Nubian village across the Nile from Aswan. Completely exhausted, we politely declined. Turns out, it was a Nubian restaurant designed to look like a village, ...

... charlando con una pareja Yankee de San Francisco 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 ...

... 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 40 when we ...

... that was moved from it's original site to preserve it from flooding when the High Dam was built upstream on the Nile. We are spending two nights here in Aswan. We go down to our most southern point of the trip from here on a day trip to Abu Simbel. ...

... Early morning we were up and ready for  breakfast (no fish this time) some bread and jam, just after brekky we pulled into Aswan. So we grabbed our stuff and slothed off the train and headed toward the "taxi" to dump our stuff at the hotel. The taxi ...

... was some of the best scenery I have scene yet.  I am surprised by how green Egypt is, especially here in Aswan.  Being right on the Nile there is a lot of plantations and palm trees, but within a mile of the river almost everything turns to ...

... the pricey boat ride over, curse my poor bargaining skills lol), Aswan High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk. We left Aswan and headed north on the Nile by felluca, this was great just bimbling down the Nile on a boat (which are REALLY tough to ...

Aswan ...

... some people and i have to go use my shower and then have dinner. By the way i'm using the free WI-FI and the nicest mcdonalds ever!! We leave Aswan on the cruise tomorrow about noon and arrive in Luxor Sundy afternoon. See ya'll again in a couple ...

... ;            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.   ...

... drivers invites for tea, dinner or sheesha we returned to Aswan and watched the felucca boats as the sun set over The Nile. The shopping in Aswan is a tourist trap and the touts are unimaginative, in our experience anyway. I bought one of those tiny, ...

... Temple in Aswan that 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 ...

... a long time to come, because it will be camping from now on, which we much prefer to primitive and dirty hotels. From Aswan one can go a day excursoions to Abu Simbel,the giant Monument Ramses II had built to glorify himself and which was shifted stone ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... the most simple things incredibly difficult and time consuming. I was glad when we finally pulled up outside the Noorhan Hotel in Aswan. The first ice cold beer hit my stomach with a click. Fantastic stuff! The euphoria of arrival soon wore ...