Wadi Halfa - Aswan

On Wednesday we thought we could drive our cars on the ferry ourselves but of course things changed as the unloading was still not completed. In the end we left with our cars still on the ferry landing. They would be driven on the boat by other overlanders who arrived from Egypt. So again we had a chance to exchange addresses and met someone who was driving all alone on his way to Blantyre. We went through immigration, customs and were dropped on the boat where we had a cabin with airco. Later on we saw the situation on deck and in the second class and happily withdraw to our freezing cold cabin. We actually had to go on deck to warm up! It was a centralized system which we could not adjust, what a luxury? Anyway, they had some blankets which we needed desperately. The meal was not very exciting with 1 slice of bread and hard boiled eggs and some brown beans (fuwl). After 4 hours we passed Abu Simbel, a temple for Ramses II. This temple was saved from flooding by replacing it some place higher land inwards and everyone was on deck to see the temple that was flooded in light. After that the trip was long and dull.
On Thursday we arrived in Aswan, Egypt, where we due to the poor organisational skills of the Egyptian authorities were kept aboard for another 2, 5 hours. Tired, cold, hot and frustrated our first impression of Egypt was not too good. Finally they let us go and we were one country closer to home while we had overcome yet another major obstacle.