Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel

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May 11th 2010
A glorious 3am start in Aswan in order to commence our drive 300km south to Abu Simbel. Due to tourist murders some years ago we were required to travel in a convoy, which departed at 4.30am. The notion of a convoy was a joke. The buses were passing each other (in terrorist language that equals a two for one deal)! and at one point of the journey I couldn't see a bus ahead of me or a bus behin ... 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