Train in Aswan station

Day 60: Aswan, Egypt

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January 25th 2010
Day 60: Monday, January 25, 2010. Aswan, Egypt Per the Contiki Egypt brochure: "Arriving in Aswan midmorning we view the unfinished obelisk and visit the High Dam. We sail on a felucca to the Botanical Gardens before joining our cruise ship for a sumptuous lunch." We pull into Aswan around 8:30 am and hop on another tour bus. First we head to the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_D ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Aswan

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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