Thursday, May 21, 2009

Our Egypt Vacation - Day 3 - Nile Cruise

We took a late night Egypt Air flight from Cairo to Aswan, our starting point for our Nile cruise.

Before boarding the cruise, we spent the morning visiting interesting areas in Aswan. The first stop was the Aswan Dam.

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We then took a boat ride to the Philae Island, visiting the Temple of Isis.

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Because of the dam, this temple was previously under water. This temple was rescued by removing the stone and reconstructing it in the higher ground.

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One of the lens that i took with me was the Sigma 15 mm fisheye lens. It was worth buying for capturing all those landscape.

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