Hi All, Took the sleeper train to Aswan which was actually AMAZING, we had a better sleep on the train than at the hotels. However, there was a 2 hour delay standing in the "cold" outside the train station and a 4 hur delay sleeping in our sleeper cabin. Things come in three's - first things first - Sarah has the classic Sarah-traveling sinus infection. She's on antibiotics, vitamin c, "herbal elixer", multi vitamins, sore throat lozenges and headache releif tablets. Still sick but on the slow road to recovery. Aswan was great - laid back and warm. We got up at 2:45 a.m. to go to Abu Simbel temple which was amazing, saw an icredible sunrise. We went to Elephantine Island where the nubians live and met a wonderful family. Then, on to the camel
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