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By train to Aswan

Jeff leaving Cairo by train.

Seats converted to beds for a comfortable night on the sleeper train.

View from the train approaching Aswan.

  • Posted in Aswan on January 23rd, 2009

In Aswan

View of the Nile from our hotel room.

Aswan from our room.

Jeff getting on a camel for a ride across the sand dunes.

Shadow of camels on the sand as dusk approaches.

Pam with her disobedient camel.

Dinner in a Nubian village house.

The cook.

  • Posted in Aswan on January 23rd, 2009

More Aswan

Dusk on the Nile.

Mosque in Aswan.

Typical breakfast – beans from a big pot with bread.

Jeff trying some beans.

Spices in the market.

No hassle – hassle 10% extra.

  • Posted in Aswan on January 23rd, 2009