We started the day on the craziest little bus that had all these little dickey seats that folded out into the isle of the minibus.We must have looked really silly to all the people outside.It was ok though as we were only going down the road to the boat dock where we caught a motorboat over to the Nubian Village.When we arrived at the village we walked up the sand hills to our awaiting camels.We spent the next 15 min riding our camels across the sand, along the N...

Well we had our final meal on the boat and left our Nile paradise behind.I think we have all enjoyed our time on the Nile. After leaving the Royal Lily we dropped our bags at our Hotel in Aswan and drove over the old dam so as we could visit the High Dam.The Egyptians are very proud of the dam and Lake Nasser is beautiful.After the dam we boarded a motor boat and head to the island of Philia where we visited the Isis Temple ( We were all excited to see our temple...

The alarm went off at 3:00am yes that's right I am on holidays and I did say 3am however I knew in my mind that the early morning would be worth it, because we were heading to Abu Simble.It is a three hour drive from Aswan however you have to travel in a convoy with a police officer on board so there are only two departure times 4:00 and 11:00 by going in the morning we miss the afternoon heat at the temple and still have the afternoon free to relax on the boat o...

Today we visited two temples the first was straight after breakfast here in Edfu, the temple for the falcon headed god, Horus.It is the second largest after Karnak and is one of the best preserved ancient temples.It is also the temple that our guide Ibrahim grew up near and one that inspired his passion for Egyptology.Then we re-boarded the ship to cruise to Kom Ombo.Not long after recommencing our voyage we sailed past Ibrahim's village. He was very excited to s...