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Published: June 16th 2017
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This is the view of the Nile from our hotel room.Geo: 23.9698, 32.7945
Finally got some sleep this morning on the train. The seats are great and comfortable, but I found it hard to fall asleep. Aswan seems like a small city, much cleaner, less hectic than Cairo, like it already. The porters took our bags to our hotel and we walked the two minute walk. Don't know how I'm going to learn how to carry my bag if others are keen to do it for me. Our hotel is beautiful, overlooking the Nile, which is blue here and not brown muck like in Cairo. It has a pool, hope I get around to getting in it.
We had a quick tour of the town and had an Egyptian lunch as a group. It was yummy. Seven of us wandered through the market. Everything seemed to be 5 pounds- bargain. Felt much safer at this market and it was less crowded than Khan al-Kailli and we had males with us and for once they got harassed- to buy things. We got lots of 'Hey Aussie, you come from Sydney/Melbourne', 'Aussie, Aussie, Aussie', 'Hey mate', etc. To most people Sydney/Melbourne is the same place.
In the late afternoon we all went for a 1
02 Felucca's on the Nile
There were lots of felucca's around hour felucca ride around Aswan and then down the river. It was calming until a cruise boat went past, then we rocked. We then caught a motor boat to a Nubian village for a traditional meal in their home. Omar was the head of the house. Nubians are a native tribe to Eygpt. Men can marry anyone and the women must marry from the tribe. Off to bed early, tomorrow is an early start.
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