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A complete Nile cruise experience and guide

The Nile Cruise is a time honoured way to explore Egypt. During the nineteenth and early twentieth-century travelers, a Nile […]

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Located on the Nile a 45 kilometers away from Aswan, Kom Ombo is dedicated to Sobek, the Pharaonic crocodile god. […]

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Aswan souq photo tour

“You are going to Aswan, then you must get me some peanuts and karkade. Aswan souq is the best place […]

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Blue gold colours of the Philae Temple in Aswan

Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses had a vast, elaborately connected network and their mythological stories rival our own Indian ones […]

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Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India

Our experience of slow traveling in Aswan

Aswan is my favourite place in Egypt. It has the loveliest setting on the Nile and the river there is […]

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The complete 2 days in Aswan guide

On my first visit to Egypt, I very much looked forward to the overnight train journey to Aswan. The maddening […]

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The four islands group of Socotra are located around 217 nautical miles off the Yemeni coast and approximately 130 off […]

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Rock Palace of Wadi Dhahr

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