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June 14th, 2010 | Africa Sami acts as figurehead on the motorboat out to Philae Island… Our “fixer” Kamal collected us this morning and took us down to the traffic department where we paid for our Egyptian license plates and an Admin Fee. Kamal had decided that this would save us some time later, but as it turned […] June 13th, 2010 | Africa Tomb of the Aga Khan… One of Marie’s guide books listed the name of a reputable Felucca captain, who for a reasonable fee would ferry tourists to the island of Seheyl and back to Aswan. We eventually joined him on the banks of the river, directly opposite our hotel. We sailed up the […] June 13th, 2010 | Africa Mummies found here in Aswan lie on display… The baboon was a symbol to whom offerings were made whenever a health crisis arose… The Museum was an eye opener, after the smaller and much older one on Elephantine Island. It has a very modern look and feel to it, and […] June 13th, 2010 | Africa Feluccas ply the river Nile, taking tourists on trips as long as five days… The area in which present day Aswan stands, was famous for its granite, and it is from here that boats plied the Nile, carrying massive stabs of it to the temples that were constantly being built elsewhere in Egypt. […] June 12th, 2010 | Africa You might have been wondering what the hell has happened to me ? Well, it’s a long story… But I’ve made it into Egypt ! The bike only arrived in Aswan, Egypt, today, the 15th of June… I have been cooling my heels….no…that’s definitely the wrong word… I have been boiling my heels here since […] June 10th, 2010 | Africa Sam, Mazar, Friede and I on our way to the ferry… This was our last view of our vehicles as the ferry cast off… Despite the fact that we boarded the ferry at a little after lunch, it only set sail at around 6pm… There was still cargo being offloaded as […] |
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