Cruising the Nile River was pretty cool. The river is not very wide in most spots (average of 2.8 km but didn't seem that wide where we were), so you get a good view of the shores. The land along the river is mostly farm land, where they grow mostly fruits.
Our transportation mode to get to Edfu Temple was a horse and buggy. It was kind of cool, even if our horse could have used a RedBull before leaving! Poor thing looked tired at times. Good thing the Temple wasn't very far from the ship. Upon our return, we sailed to Komombo, where we walked to the KomomboTemple and Crocodile Museum. We did see a mummified croc. Weird!
We started sailing again while we were having dinner and woke up the next morning in Aswan. We got up very early (2:30 am) for a 3:30 departure from the ship. Our journey was taking us to visit two Temples in Abu Simbel. However, it is a 3 hour drive to get there and all tourists (buses, vans, ...) travel in a convoy, with a police car at the front and the back of it. We therefore left Aswan at four, got there at 7, headed back at 10 and were back in Aswan by one. We then went to visit the High Dam, which helps create lake Nasser. That was enough for that day, even though we went for a short walk by late afternoon to the local market which was nearby.
On Thursday, we visited the unfinished Obelisk in Aswan then took a short boat ride to a small island to visit the Temple of Philae. This temple had been underwater after they built the dam, so they had to move it farther up on the island. We then came back to mainland, picked up our bags at the ship and left for the airport, to fly back to Cairo in the afternoon. So far, everything has been pretty amazing!!
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| Places we visited on this part of the trip |
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| Our ship |
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| Tour boats on the river |
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| Our room |
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| The bar/lounge |
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| Dining room |
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| Lobby |
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| Small pool and sundeck |
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| The River Nile |
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| Vendors tying up to our ship, with the reflection of a towel in the window (makes for a cool shot) |
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| Our transportation to get to Edfu Temple |
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| Us, in front of Edfu Temple |
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| Traffic around the market area |
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| Temple of Komombo |
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| Our ship |
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| Sunset on the Nile |
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| Tough decision. Which way to go? |
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| First temple of Abu Simbil |
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| Second temple of Abu Simbil |
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| This is where the temple used to be!! |
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| Waiting to get back in our van, for a 3 hour drive |
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| The Nile River, on one side of the dam |
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| Lake Nasser, on the other side of the dam |
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| The unfinished obelisk |
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| At the Temple of Philae |
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| At the market, in Aswan |
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