Mick's toilet tour of Aswan... and some temples, camels and cruising on the Nile
December 5th 2007 After a surprisingly comfortable night on the overnight train we arrived in Aswan. Mick’s stomach was starting a revolt but he soldiered on as we dropped our stuff at the hotel and went for a look at the massive high dam. The original dam built in Aswan is dwarfed by the dam built in 1971 after a lot of controversy and some help from the soviets. The result is Lake Nasser which flooded half o
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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 
