"Took a second class overnight seater train to Aswan from Cairo...only about 12 hours! Settled into our hotel mid morning and spent the afternoon and evening touring the Nile ..."
"I can't believe that I have seen another Egyptian sunrise! Not by choice! We were woken this morning at 4.30am by the worst call to prayer I have heard. Matthew s ..."
A travel blog entry from Aswan by
shazlex
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" Aswan, lively, noisy, hustle and bustle, those are the first impressions as you open your curtains in the morning. Caleche drivers on the Corniche, Felucc ..."
A travel blog entry from Aswan by
jimandtarja
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"Aswan, Egypt. From Luxor I caught the train to Aswan. My first night was spent in a cockroach infested pit called the Nubian Oasis. Even the cockroaches were complaining. Still I w ..."
A travel blog entry from Aswan by
djchurch
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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 real ..."
A travel blog entry from Aswan by
jag
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"During the Roman Empire, Aswan was a garrison town - and the end of the earth for the soldiers posted here. Sure, the Nubian lands may have extended far to the south, but this was ..."
A travel blog entry from Aswan by
el_condor
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"....We we are here at the start of recorded living. Its fantastic and dirty. N and I both have the runs but not too bad. We are in Aswan at the moment and about to head off on our ..."
A travel blog entry from Aswan by
antandrel
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"Hello again all. After some fast moves I'm now in Upper Egypt, more commonly known as sourthern Egypt these days, on the fertile banks of the Nile in Aswan in the hope of finding s ..."
"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 ..."
A travel blog entry from Aswan by
lraleigh
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"Hello Everyone, We are sure glad that we are in Egypt in the Winter because we would just flat out melt during the Summer. I checked the temperature for today and it is 105 degrees ..."
A travel blog entry from Aswan by
donstump1
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