Monday 30th April 2007

The train pulled into Aswan it was meant to be an 11hr train ride but turned into 14hrs. As you can tell we weren't very happy. We got off the train and onto the bus to our hotel. Kieran and I got a room to ourselves and Jen shared with Sarah a girl who was by herself. We had only about an hour to have a quick shower and freshen up. We had a buffet lunch (again) at the hotel and then got on the bus to go to the unfinished oblisque which was not that special to see and u could see it from the car park. We went to the high dam (where u could not use a video camera but u can use a digital camera!) and then caught a boat over to the Philae temple which was interesting with its ancient hieroglyphics.

It was then back to the hotel to get ready for our Nubian dinner. We got boats down the Nile to a small village and went to the people’s house. It was really open and airy with a big straw roof and sandy floor. There was a baby crocodile there that we could hold. For dinner we had bread, chicken, veges, potato, soup. Then they had drums and dancing and costumes. All the local children were dancing and they were very cute.

We got back to the hotel about 11.30pm and we had to pack our bags for the felucca but be up at 3am to go to Abu Simbil.