Abu Simbel!

On our second day in Aswan, we went to the airport and flew 45 minutes south to see Abu Simbel, a temple built near the edge of Egypt, near the border of Sudan. We were both blown away and this is definitely something everyone should see (lots of people leave this out of their tour b/c of the extra plane ride).

When Can We Get Back to Egypt? Part 2

August 8th 2007
Greetings friends! This is "Part 2" of our travel blog. Go back to "Part 1" to read about the start of our trip and our time in Cairo! Nile Cruise When we first arrived in Luxor, we brought all our bags to our Nile cruise boat! We slept on the boat for the 2 days we were in port at Luxor. The boats are 3 and 4 stories tall with about 40-50 rooms. Our room was just like a typical hotel ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt

The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more

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