Travel Blog Photos from Aswan, Egypt (5,485)
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After spending plenty of time in Cairo I headed down on an overnight train to Aswan, Egypt's most southern city. I thought the train would be quite dodgey but turned out to be really nice. I was sharing the cabin with a guy room Korea. The train ride was ...
... trip cost me 5 le in baksheesh, a small price to pay for that memory. Onwards to the Aswan High Dam, Nassers legacy to Egypt, it is an immense structure, in keeping with the other immense structures which abound in Egypt. One has to think, ...
Aswan lies at the point where ancient Egypt ended and Nubia began. Today, the Nile city is a gateway to Abu Simbel, the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, and Philae, the Isis temple. On a long day, beginning at 3:30 a.m, I went on a tour that visited all ...
we arrived back at the Ruby, just in time for lunch. I had been speaking to Johanna, mentioning that we planned to go to kitchener Island, he said he was willing to arrange a boat to take us there, the motor boat was dirt cheap, 40 le for the return trip, ...
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