Flight from Cairo to Aswan

We were up early again after a sleepless night due to one incredibly annoying fly buzzing round my head!!

We had breakfast and then took a coach transfer to the airport for our 1 hour 20 minute flight to Aswan. Only 13 of our group of 31 had opted to fly. The others had chosen either the overnight ✨ bus 🚌 or train 🚆. Even though I didn't sleep much, I'd rather that than spend 14 hours on public transport! We've done a few such overnight journeys and I don't have fond memories of any of them!! 😀

In the event, our flight was delayed and, when we did finally arrive in Aswan, there was nobody available to unload our bags 🎒! We waited for over an hour!

We got to our Nile cruise ship at around 2.45 but we didn't have time to get off the bus! We just picked up the rest of our group and lunch boxes for us as we had missed a meal and headed off to our afternoon stop - the Philae Temple.

On the way, we heard accounts from group members who had travelled by bus or train to Aswan. Yes, they had all arrived before us and had had time to explore the ship, but none of them had had particularly comfortable journeys!

The photos accompanying this footprint 👣 show the Nile and the vast expanses of water held back by the Aswan Dam.Read more