Day 11 -Aswan Photo 4

Day 11 -Aswan

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September 4th 2008
Our night on the felucca was lovely and waking up to the early morning sound of the Nile before sunrise was very peaceful. There was not enough wind to sail back to Aswan so we had to take a motor boat. We spent the next couple of hours in the Air-conditioned MacDonalds which all have free Wi-Fi over here uploading some more pictures to the blog. The rest of the afternoon was spent playing Uno w ... read more

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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