Aswan High Dam

Exploring the Tombs of the Nobles in Aswan

One of the common misconceptions of group tours is that you don’t get any free time to explore on your own. This may be true for some tours, but my Gecko’s tour to Egypt offered up plenty of free time and I made good use of it. On our second day in Aswan, I convinced …

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From Cairo to Aswan

After four days in Cairo, it was time to move on to bigger and better things. Actually no, it was time to move on to smaller cities and hopefully better weather! We took the overnight train from Cairo to Aswan – my first overnight train experience. Although the train was scheduled to depart at 10:00 …

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