Aswan and Abu Simbel
July 11th 2010 Today we woke early at 330 to catch our 4am bus from Aswan to Abu Simbel. Because there have been security issues in the past, all of the tourist buses traveling to the temples at Abu Simbel depart at the same time and travel by convoy the 280 km south through the desert. When we met the convoy, we had to go through a few security check points and were joined by a member of the Egyptian Police arm
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