Aswan and Luxor

After Abu Simbel we drove into the desert to get to Aswan, well known for its dam and for the Temple of Philae which was rescued from the rising dam waters and relocated n an island just upstream of the dam. The truck on a ferry.

 Another ferry plying the waters of Lake Nasser.

 And another boat.

 Aswan was very built up since I last visited but their bank is less developed and further downstream it is just desert.

 I visited the Movenpick resort on Elephantine Island and it has excellent views from the 13th floor restaurant and bar.

 The schedule included a three day felucca trip down the Nile but I wasn't interested in that so I did the first day and went back to the hotel in Aswan. Then I took the train to Luxor. It wasn't an awe inspiring journey as it is just desert on one side and fields on the other for three and a half hours.

 The road bridge at Aswan.

 Sunset on the Nile.

And then it was the Valley of the Kings, the Nobles, Karnak and the Colossus of Mennon in Luxor.