ON-ON to Aswan

At 0330 this morning 😭, we left the beautiful Hilton Heliopolis Cairo and jumped on a plane. By 0800, we had landed in Aswan 😁.

We loaded the bus, then drove over and walked around the High Dam. After visiting the Hoover Dam, it wasn't so impressive. However, it's creation and resulting Lake Nassar (the largest man-made lake in the world, according to our guide) meant UNESCO had to move 14 Egyptian temples to keep them from being submerged, which Egypt would not have done on its own 😥. As a result, five temples are now located in other countries, including one in New York City.

One that remains in Egypt is Philae Temple, the temple of Isis. Badly vandalized when Christianity swept across the region, and even graffitied by Napoleon's troops, it was still a glorious site to behold 😲.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philae_temple_com…

After about an hour at the temple, we arrived at our hotel around 1330 😲😲😲. Holy cow how amazing!!!! We were straight to the pool, which was icy cold. John loved it, but I couldn't catch my breath 🤣. We settled poolside with a few beers and we're relaxing when a Hasher explained he was.going to lay a trail 😲. Yay! Hashing by the Nile at last!

At 1630, about 30 of us showed up for the "run," which was a short walk around the hotel grounds with one drink stop (gin and tonic 🤤) and the ON-IN at someone's room 🤣. It was so much fun! Huge thanks to Smartarse and For Sale Or Rent for haring the inaugural Aswan Dam Happy Days Hash House Harriers (ADHD H3) 👏👏👏!!

After that, it was a few more beers then delicious dinner at the hotel, followed by a well-earned sleep (albeit on a rock-hard mattress 🤣).

We don't have to be up at the crack of dawn, so we're looking forward to a bit of a lie-in for a change 😌.

Good day 👍.Leggi altro