No rest for the Wicked: Abu Simbel
April 17th 2009 No time yet for a decent nights sleep, it was time to pack our bags with a wake up call at 02:20am. We were on our way to Abu Simbel, a three hour drive south (290km), finishing up only 15km away from the Sudan border. I did ask if we could 'just pop over' to the border to get our passports stamped but I retreated with some of the looks they gave me.
Anyway, Abu Simbel consists of two archeolog
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