Aswan, Egypt

Travel Blogs from Aswan (513)

Aswan, Aswan, Egypt travel blog
Aswan
Oct 6, 2003

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 ...

A travel blog entry by jag
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Aswan, Aswan, Egypt travel blog
Aswan
Dec 17, 2007

... 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, ...

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Water, Aswan, Egypt travel blog
Water
Apr 27, 2008

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 ...

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Kitchener Island, Aswan, Egypt travel blog
Kitchener Island
Dec 17, 2007

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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Attractions in Aswan (16)

Temple of Abu Simbel
Temple of Abu Simbel

Aswan, Nile River Valley, Egypt

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Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel

Aswan, Nile River Valley, Egypt

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This ancient complex consisting of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, built in honor of of Ramses II, and the smaller Temple of Hathor was hewn out of a solid cliff in the 13th century BC.
Aswan Market
Aswan Market

Aswan, Nile River Valley, Egypt

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This outdoor market is a central feature of Aswan, Egypt's southernmost city.
Nubian Village
Nubian Village

Aswan, Nile River Valley, Egypt

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Forum Discussions on Aswan (29)

Want to share an Egyptian felucca in Dec 08?
Posted on Oct 27, 2008, 05:24:11
A friend and I are going to Egypt in December and are looking for some others to share the cost of hiring a felucca for two nights (probably 9th and 10th December) to sail either from Luxor to Aswan or Aswan to Luxor (we can be flexible with this). If ...
Clothing Choices Advice Requested
Posted on Jul 13, 2009, 09:17:08
... my only option. The cities I am going to in Egypt and Jordan are the following, incase that might help: Cairo, Saqqara/Memphis, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Luxor, St Catherine [Mt Sinai], Nuweiba, Aqaba, Wadi Rum, Petra, Madaba, and Amman. I am trying to dress ...
Clothing Choices Advice Requested
Posted on Jul 13, 2009, 11:35:52
... streets with shorts even for once!! Try taking light coloured clothes as possible. I have taken a similar trip to Egypt, Alexandria, Aswan, Sharlm el Sheih, and Sainai, and it was there that I found why they are dressed like that. But don't ...
Have you ever travel to Egypt, Africa to see the Pyramids?
Posted on Nov 12, 2009, 22:53:51
... because it was a step back into another time. I would also highly recommend Luxor and Alexandria. I'll go back one day to visit Aswan as it was somewhere my parents didn't want to go to (a shame because it wasn't flooded then!), I hear it&# ...

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