Salaam aleikum.
We are in Aswan and it feels like we are back in civilization. Luckily we were picked up by Mazar, so we hadn’t to worry about getting into town. The next problem was which hotel? At last we went into the hotel where Mazar was staying.
After settling in we walked through the tourist market where there were many tourists all walking with very short shorts, totally not trying to fit in with the Egyptian Religion. Everywhere people are trying to get you to buy something from their shop, it is quite annoying. On the Nile there are boats everywhere and almost every single one of them has got tourists on board. After eating alongside the Nile we went back to the hotel and jumped into bed, although not all of us as one just couldn’t resist having the chance to smoke the sheesha ("water pipe")……
Ma' salama BartWe are in Aswan and it feels like we are back in civilization. Luckily we were picked up by Mazar, so we hadn’t to worry about getting into town. The next problem was which hotel? At last we went into the hotel where Mazar was staying.
After settling in we walked through the tourist market where there were many tourists all walking with very short shorts, totally not trying to fit in with the Egyptian Religion. Everywhere people are trying to get you to buy something from their shop, it is quite annoying. On the Nile there are boats everywhere and almost every single one of them has got tourists on board. After eating alongside the Nile we went back to the hotel and jumped into bed, although not all of us as one just couldn’t resist having the chance to smoke the sheesha ("water pipe")……
Next day we went to the Nubia museum, all about Nubian history. This culture almost vanished with the opening of the Aswan Dam. People had to leave their houses and were displaced in other parts of the country. It was all very well displaced and interesting. On the way back we wanted to see the 'Old Cataract Hotel', the hotel Agatha Christie wrote a famous detective, but it was closed, it is off season.
Resting during the hot hours and at 19.00 we went to Philae island for a light and sound show. Of course for tourists but we are tourists now as well and it was actually very well done. It seems if the stones were moving due to the light effect. The story was educational, so for the boys it was a kind of very nice history lesson. 
A mummy of a priest rescued from flooding at the Nubia museum
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