Day 15. Sat 27th September St Simeon's Monastery. Aswan Dam. Philae.

"Philae Temple of Hathor"

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Egypt Picture by DaveMidgley
Travel story: Day 15. Sat 27th September St Simeon's Monastery. Aswan Dam. Philae.

Today we get a lie-in - of sorts. We are roused at 6:00 to catch the ferry across the river at 7:00, and I finally get to ride a camel, not an unpleasant experience, altough the camels do have a tendency to stand up before one is quite settled, and I never did manage to work out which end was going to get up first. Camels are not, in fact, indigenous to Egypt, but are imported from Sudan, and are no longer used for anything except for giving rides to tourists.
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