From Luxor we cruised down the Nile to Aswan, over two nights. During this time we visited the Temple of Horus at Edfu and the Temple of Sobek at Komombo.
The riverboat was comfortable, but the rooms were pretty cramped, especially the bathrooms! While cruising, we shopped for silver at the on-boat jewellery store, sipped drinks and played cards to pass the time.
The Temple of Horus was fabulous. Apparently it’s the only intact temple left, with its roof in situ. The guide said it was used by the Christians hiding out during Roman times, so the faces of a lot of the carvings are chipped off. The usual hawkers were out the front, with the ubiquitous clothes, jewellery and souvenirs.
We stopped at Komombo just as dusk was falling, so we got an eerie visit to the temple. Amongst the usual ruins, there was a mummified crocodile on display.
We settled down for dinner, coffee and shisha after visiting the temple, then wandered around the area, seeing a baby camel!
Back on the boat we had the obligatory Galabeya Night where we dressed up in the clothes we’d bought on our travels so far. There were games and music and much laughter – bellydance to the Macarena, anyone?
Two Weeks Away 