Our second day in Aswan, we got up the crack of dawn (3:30 AM) and flew to Abu Simbel. There is some good information on Abu Simbel on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_simbel
The flight in was not so good for Jen, gripping the sick bag the entire time, but after taking a Dramamine, the flight back was just fine. It was completely worth the early wake-up call and uncomfortable flight - what an amazing thing to see!
You fly over Lake Nasser, which created the Aswan High Damn which caused many Nubians to be moved and for Abu Simbel to be relocated.
The sunrise over the Lake Nasser:
Views of Abu Simbel - it's so huge I cannot even describe it! You are not allowed to take photos inside but we got many outside:
Nefertari's Temple:
We flew back from Abu Simbel and got back to our hotel about 9:30 AM. We took a nap and after lunch we transferred to The Sheherazade Riverboat:
Our tour guide gave us an upgraded room - the larges on the boat! It was huge and had two bathrooms:
J visited the perfume shop the day before, when Jen was sick, so this was a "make up visit" and we bought quite a lot of perfume - but it's real perfume and won't "go bad" like cologne will. It was a fun shopping trip! We have never sniffed so many different scents before!
The flight in was not so good for Jen, gripping the sick bag the entire time, but after taking a Dramamine, the flight back was just fine. It was completely worth the early wake-up call and uncomfortable flight - what an amazing thing to see!
Abu Simbel
You fly over Lake Nasser, which created the Aswan High Damn which caused many Nubians to be moved and for Abu Simbel to be relocated.
The sunrise over the Lake Nasser:
Views of Abu Simbel - it's so huge I cannot even describe it! You are not allowed to take photos inside but we got many outside:
Nefertari's Temple:
We flew back from Abu Simbel and got back to our hotel about 9:30 AM. We took a nap and after lunch we transferred to The Sheherazade Riverboat:
Our tour guide gave us an upgraded room - the larges on the boat! It was huge and had two bathrooms:
J visited the perfume shop the day before, when Jen was sick, so this was a "make up visit" and we bought quite a lot of perfume - but it's real perfume and won't "go bad" like cologne will. It was a fun shopping trip! We have never sniffed so many different scents before!
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