Another fairly quiet day today.
Another 5:30 wakeup to be off the boat at 7am.
First up was a minibus ride to the unfinished obelisk (ha, I accidently typed obelix there, must be those years of reading Asterix ;) ). That was pretty cool, and amazing that they never used the granite for anything else. Leaving the place you're channelled through an arcade of vendors that all step in your path and say "come look, no hassle".. umm, dude, you're hassling me now! They just don't get this. So I pretty much bolted through and didn't look at anything. Buttheads.
Unfinished obelisk
Unfinished obelisk
Dolerite stones used to chip away at the granite
Quarry at Aswan
Arcade of vendors. I would have stopped to look at things, but the moment you do that you're harrassed by the vendors which puts me right off
Then back in the minibus to a motorboat to go to the temples of Philae. These structures were actually partially submerged by the first Aswan dam, and were going to be completely submerged by its extension. So they moved it all to an island, but they had to rearrange a few things to get it all to fit on the island.
Wall of Aswan Low Dam and boats
Temple of Isis
Temple of Isis
Vestibule of Nectanebo
Colonnaded courtyard and Temple of Isis
View north along the western colonnade
Colonnaded courtyard
Temple of Isis
Western wall of the Temple of Isis
Pylon of the Temple of Isis
View towards Aswan Low Dam
Inside the Temple of Isis
Christian altar in the Temple of Isis
Stone carvings on the Temple of Isis
Stone carvings on the Temple of Isis
Stone carvings on the Temple of Isis
Kiosk of Trajan
Eastern walls of the Temple of Isis
View into the eastern entrance of the Temple of Isis
Kiosk of Trajan
Kiosk of Trajan
Temple of Isis from the southeast
Temple of Isis
Columns in the western colonnade
Temple of Isis
Kiosk of Trajan
Kiosk of Trajan from the Nile
The flies local merchants were particularly bad when we got off the boat to wait for the minibus. Quite bothersome really.
I never blogged this originally, but we also went to the "Elite Aromatherapy Academy" in the morning as well. I only remembered when I was labelling photos in 2021..
Inside the Elite Aromatherapy Academy
Pretty perfume bottle
Pretty perfume bottle
So back to the big boat with a little time before lunch. I ate way too much meat at lunch, that is still fermenting in my stomach hours later :(
Watched as they cast off from Aswan.
Sat up on the top deck for a while, but some Germans kept smoking upwind from us, so gave up on that and retired to my cabin for the afternoon. Didn't really do anything apart from play games on my phone and rest (couldn't even sleep :( ).
Aswan foreshore
El-Tabia Mosque and felucca on the Nile
Bow of the MS Giselle
Houses along the Nile
New Aswan City Bridge
New Aswan City Bridge
MS Giselle passing under the New Aswan City Bridge
Banks of the River Nile and houses near Al Aqabah as Saghirah
Felucca and banks of the Nile near Nagaa ad Disah
Temple of Kom Ombo
Photo by Dad
Temple of Kom Ombo
Photo by Dad
Temple of Kom Ombo (I was resting in my room and almost missed this completely)
Sunset was viewed from my cabin tonight. I thought about going up on deck and having a drink, but in the end just did my washing. Yay. Still, that should be the last lot of handwashing I have to do in a long time, probably a couple of weeks. Yay for knowing where the laundromat is in Earl's Court! (let's hope it's still operational heh)
Sunset over the Nile
For dinner I just had some soup and some salad and a bit of dessert.
While eating we arrived in Edfu.
In Aswan my window faced the dock which was a little boring. During the cruise I just got the hot afternoon sun so couldn't open the blind. When we arrived in Edfu we pulled up with the other side of the ship facing the dock, so I thought I'd have a nice morning view of the Nile. Yeah right. Another ship has pulled up parallel to us and my view is of the next ship :( The next window is literally a metre away from mine :(
I couldn't stay awake for the Egyptian "party" downstairs. It was meant to be dressup. Yeah right. Hrmmm.
Dad in the headdress he bought at the pyramids, and Howard
Going to bed.
After I clear the bowels. Multiple times. Hope this is done by tomorrow morning :(
Distance covered on the GPS: 138.1 km
Steps walked: 9004
Photos on the Canon: 180
Photos on the Sony: 29
Videos: 4
EGP Spent: 6
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