Our Egypt Vacation - Day 3 - All Aboard

Before boarding the cruise boat, we stopped by the oldest mosque in Aswan.





The cruise was one of the major highlight of this trip especially for the kids. After check-in, it was straight to the pool.







A felucca sailing past our cruise boat.



By evening, we stopped by Kom Ombo for a quick tour. The photo below is a relief showing the king being purified by the two gods.

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.





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





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.





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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Our Egypt Vacation - Day 2 - Transport

Apart from the standard tourist icon in Egypt, the different type of public transportation provided excellent photo opportunities. I was standing by the busy road and trying out the panning technique to capture their movements.

The mini bus with the door open for easier hop on-off or more ventilation or maybe the door was jammed in open position

Most of the taxis are old car and almost all have a roof rack.