Another Interesting Day in Aswan

Boat Trip

We wake up early for a birding motor boat trip on the Nile. Our guide is Mohammad Arabi aka “The Birdman of Aswan”. We saw many types of herons, egrets and ducks. After cruising the river for awhile we docked on Kitchener’s Island to have a tour of a beautiful botanical garden.

Philae Temple

We have another boat trip this morning to an island to visit our last temple of the trip. This temple is honoring the goddess Isis. She is the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. Egyptian gods associated with the Pharoahs.

This temple was built in the Greek and Roman times. There is even a Kiosk to Emperor Trajan.

A policeman offered to take some photos of us and we gave him a tip. I am sure they are not paid much and this is a way for them to make more money.

We hop into the boat again to travel to a Nubian restaurant for lunch.

In our free time we visited the Nubian Museum. The Nubians live in what is now southern Egypt and Northern Sudan.

We ended the day with a nice farewell dinner at the Cararact Hotel.