I spent the entire day of 22nd July in my room on the ship, sick and sore and feeling sorry for myself. I managed to finally haul myself out of bed around 7pm for dinner and then for a quick walk around the Aswan souq with Mum and Dad. The next day I was feeling a bit better and we got off the ship and were transferred to the Basma hotel. We were all immediately disappointed when we got there, because the magnificent pool, which was the reason we booked the hote...

I woke up in Aswan this morning and went down stairs to meet the group of people I had agreed to take to the temple of Isis at Philae. Dave and Sarah were also down there, planning on going to the nobles tombs, but they changed their mind and ended up coming along with me. I had organised a mini bus to take us to the temple and then we had to haggle for a boat to take us to the island. The temple was as beautiful as I remembered it four years ago, when I had com...

The next day was another early start and the first item on the agenda today was the Aswan High Dam. Again we boarded our bus and went off to the dam. The dam was past a military area so no cameras were allowed. I managed to take a few sneaky pictures of the dam, including one of the Egyptian guards who stopped us to ask who we were and what our intensions were. The dam was very impressive but I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when I saw what it had d...