Day 7 Abu Simbel P1

It’s a long drive to Abu Simbel. We departed at 4am, it is a massive line of tourist coaches and mini buses on the road. About 1.5 hours into the journey we stopped at a roadside stop which is nothing like you would expect, run down shack with toilets and small cafe. Miles and miles of nothing, no trees or bushes to be seen. As we get closer to Lake Nasser (biggest man made lake in the world) there are canals and irrigated crops in the middle of the Nubian Desert. Abu Simbel was originally site where is now the bottom of Lake Nasser. It was moved during construction of the dam. This was a very difficult job as Abu Simbel is one complete carving in the rock. It was very impressive but very crowded and full of ignorant pushy people. It is the only downside to visiting these places

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