A felucca and a train along the Nile
February 2nd 2019 It feels as though Aswan has been welcoming tourists since the concept of tourism was invented. From Churchill to Omar Sharif, everyone has visited and many books have been written about Aswan and the Nile. Aswan gets busier, noisier, more built up every year and yet there is certain unchanging magic about the place.
Forty years ago the Old Cataract Hotel was very old, very dusty and unloved.
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