Showing posts with label Abu Simbel. Nubian houses. Italian dinner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abu Simbel. Nubian houses. Italian dinner. Show all posts

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Friday 21 March

We had to get up early, say goodbye to our crew and get to Aswan airport for the 9:30 flight to Abu Simbel, about 300km south almost to Sudan. It took only 30min, then we got an Egyptian Air  bus to our last 2 ancient temples. This is another site saved from the dam by UNESCO. There are some really big statues and lots of  interesting carvings.
Back on the plane and I discovered that there was wifi at the airport. But we got back to the Marriott and found that they have free wifi in the lobby so now we're set for a few days. On the way back we stopped for a 4 course Italian meal on a floating restaurant on the Nile.  It was very crowded because it was Mothers' Day. It reminded us of another Italian meal on a boat.