...3 a.m. pick up this morning to catch a 5 a.m. flight from cairo to aswan....then another flight to abu simbel...said good bye to yousef and khaled (may see khaled at the end of the trip)....in abu simbel, we went to the temple of ramsees the great...huge stone structure with a facade of the various pharoahs and gods from his era...inside and out, the temple was etched with hieroglyphics....amazing structure and carving...we were watching a video in the airport that indicated that the whole structure was moved, if you can believe it, from the original location to the current one because of flooding by the nile river in the original location....UNBELIEVABLE feat to move this monument!!!....being on the site was also our first siting of the nile river....beautiful!!!...took quite a few pictures....we were very tired puppies by the end of the tour...
...on returning to aswan, we were met with our new travel agent hakim who escorted us to our hotel for the evening....isis island hotel...and, you guessed it, it was on an island so we took a small ferry to get there....nice hotel...2 pools, fitness facilities, 3 restaurants, etc....briana and christina were zonked so they went to sleep and i went to the pool to catch some rays....
...no sleep for me though...it was quite hot and after soaking up some rays for a short while, i took a leisurely swim in the cool waters of the palm pool...upon returning to my lounger, i was joined by a young south african man and we engaged in a very interesting conversation...he has been working in amsterdam in the banking industry...very engaging young man!!...that is one of the great things about travelling...you meet a lot of wonderful people!!...
...after the sun had started to set, i returned to my room only to find briana still sleeping (after 3 hours) but eventually she opened her sleepy peepers, got ready and we had dinner at the italian restaurant on the hotel premises...not bad....canneloni for me, salad for briana and chicken dinner for christina...
...which brings me to sitting here writing for you....that's all for now...
...may be a break in communication for a few days because i am going to be on a cruise and not sure there will be internet access....stay tuned.
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