Smiling Sam

We boarded our Dash 8 Q 300 aircraft about 8:30am this morning for the 40 minute charter flight to AbuSimbel. The two temples were amazing. We returned to Aswan and checked into the Old Sofitel about… (View Post)

Just back from the afternoon activities which included a visit to Philae Temple and a Felucca Sunset Sail. You take a short boat ride to get to Philae Temple. It was an interesting temple, but the re… (View Post)

Today we arrived in Aswan, then toured St. Simone Monastery and Aswan High Dam before returning to the boat for lunch. Some non-Tauck people had different transportation to the Monastery other than a… (View Post)

A couple of follow up comments: I’ve found that when the Philae gets underway it’s very difficult for me to sleep past about 4:30am. That’s when I start hearing the engine rumble, feel the boat vibra… (View Post)

AlanS - We were told the enclosing mud brick walls starting in Edfu is because the temples starting at that point were built by the Greeks vs the open air temples in Luxor were built by the Pharoahs.… (View Post)