Christi and I are the last to leave the Nile Story houseboat. In fact we are so popular that staff are sent to our room to give us a proper send off - or something like that. We are tossed - I mean we step gracefully - onto the dockside in Aswan, the last town of any size in Egypt. As usual it is brutally hot and the docks are largely deserted. There is, incongruously, an air-conditioned internet … [Read more...]
Abu Simbel, Day 291
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Although we are in the heat of a Saharan summer the air-conditioner in our room at the Horus Hotel is so effective that I'm tucked into my three-season sleeping bag and in addition to my pajamas I'm also wearing a fleece. You may, quite reasonably ask why I don't just turn off the air conditioner. The answer is that on the floor above us is an all night disco - something the fixer must have … [Read more...]
Visa hell and felucca fun, Day 292
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The weekly ferry from Aswan (in Egypt) to Wadi Halfa (in Sudan) sails tomorrow. A first class cabin is being held for us, but before the manager of the Nile Ferry Company, Mr. Salah, will issue the tickets he says we need to have a Sudanese visa in our passports. That is not a problem for me (being British), but Christi is American and Sudan is not so keen on allowing citizens of the Great Satan … [Read more...]
Aboard the MV Sinai, Day 293
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Christi and I are not sorry to see the back of the Horus Hotel in Aswan. I think I caught a cold during our stay there (fortunately it was nothing worse than that). We pick up a few snacks for the ferry ride as we have no idea whether the food aboard ship will be edible - at least to our sensitive stomachs - and taxi to the ferry terminal, which lies south of the mighty Aswan High Dam. Built … [Read more...]
Wadi Halfa, Sudan, Day 294
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It’s very pleasant to be back on the water and traveling with a purpose aboard a working vessel. We are fortunate to have an air-conditioner blasting out cold air and this mixes with hot air coming in through our open porthole to create a very convivial climate. Christi and I both slept very well and awoke naturally at 8 am. Overnight, the MV Sinai continued to make lazy progress towards Wadi … [Read more...]
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