Old Cataract

G'day all, Well another fine day  a bit of cloud but no rain, we decided that we would do the Cataract Gorge here in the centre of Launceston, Bill had done a sort of a walk through it last night and said to get just to the Gorge is  about a 30 ...

... , and she spent all of last week at an eye care clinic with a medical team visiting from the States. Each day they were performing cataract surgery for free to at least a dozen locals, and on Tuesday, I was invited to come hang out and take pictures. I ...

... we dine by candlelight. We played a board game (Sequence), lazily lounged around the house and met up with Aunt Gisele and Uncle Len at Cataract Bowling. My mom and dad are in a league and if they can't make it to the game, they have to "pre-bowl" and ...

... great. After the 13 hour trip up the Nile, we arrived at 9:00 AM in Aswan. Aswan is located at the first cataract of the Nile. The old Aswan Dam (some now call it the low Aswan Dam ) is located just upstream of the city. Twenty Kilometers upstream from ...

... . As night falls, you are treated to high tea on the terrace of your hotel while enjoying the glowing sunset. Hotel: Old Cataract. DAY 4 - FRI - ASWAN - CRUISING Visit the Aswan High Dam and the granite quarries where many of Ancient Egypt's obelisks ...

... not just saying that because the train was less than luxurious!  We're in the New Cataract Hotel - adjacent to the Old Cataract - the nicest hotel in Aswan, where the president's stay!  The views over the pool are incredible as your eyes ...

... .  It was hard to leave behind, but all good things must come to an end.  I am now staying for 1 night at the Old Cataract Hotel, which figures into Agatha Christie's novel "Death on the Nile" as well as the movie.  I think she may have ...

... our own fun we thought, so off we headed in the direction of the Unfinished Obelisk. En route we checked out the nice old Cataract Hotel and the huge orthodox Christian church, but it was the cemetary that was most interesting. Basically just a barren ...

... abused by the local population, we thought we'd seek retribution by endulging in a little colonial daydream at the nearby Old Cataract Hotel, a venerable institution with more than a century of elitism under its belt. Apparently it had honed its tactics ...

... boat or Egyptian Ferarri (horse and carriage). Back at the hotel we joined another couple for a tour. We drove south past the Old Cataract Hotel and eventually over the low dam. This was built by the British in 1902. Crossing this and circling up the ...

... to get where we wanted to go. But there is always a friendly local ready to point you in the right direction. We had lunch at Old Cataract Hotel, the place where Agatha Christie wrote Death on the Nile." I'm sure it's the best view of the Nile, bar none, ...

... the quarry our walk took us through a Muslim cemetery and up a hill past the Coptic St. Michael's Cathedral and the Old Cataract Hotel.  The hotel was the location for shooting the film version of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile.  Back ...

... is aboard our boat selling trinkets and jewelry items as we ply the waters toward his village.   We pass the Old Cataract Hotel, the historic building from which Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis and Angela Lansbury started their Nile cruise in the ...

... near Aswan on the river. It was peaceful but seemed cramped after being on the huge riverboat. That afternoon I ate lunch at the Old Cataract Hotel. It's aptly named as the hotel has been there since 1899. The terrace had a fantastic view of the Nile ...

... . That afternoon we rode a felucca, the tradional Nile boat with the triangular sail. The boat dropped us off at the famous Old Cataract Hotel for some drinks. Yesterday we spent almost the whole day on the 14-hour train ride from Aswan back to ...

... wife, Nefertari. Once back in Aswan, most everybody needed a nap due to the early start. Helen, Jodie and I went to the Old Cataract Hotel (Agatha Christie supposedly wrote "Death on the Nile" here) later on and discovered Egyptians don't know how to make ...

... conversation with the young host while overlooking the Nile and lit landmark buildings such as Aswan’s Coptic Church and the Old Cataract Hotel (which used to be one of Francois Mitterrand’s favorite holiday spots). After we said our goodbyes ...