The market was wonderful

Aswan, Egypt

This place was Average

High Dam

Aswan, Egypt was the beginning of our Nile Cruise. We visited the Temple of Philae and the granite quarries. Each was another amazing site. The best thing about Aswan would have to be their market though. In all of Egypt, they had the most seemingly authentic marketplace. We saw women and children buying spices, men going into mosques at prayer time and of course the typical Egyptian shop owner.

The Temple of Philae

The pictures speak for themselves. It was really beautiful. Apparently they moved it from its original location when they created the High Dam and flooded what is now Lake Nassar. As it is on an island you must take a small watercraft to reach it. It offers up amazing views of the Temple.

Granite Quarries

This might be something missed if you are not careful, but I recommend it. It shows you how the ancient Egyptians created many of the large statues and momuments. There is the unfinished oblesik which we estimated would weigh something like 150 tons (or was it 150 thousand tons?) In any weight cateory, it is really big!