Cervix Is Low Hard And Closed

ASWAN: access to another world

 

En quittant LE CAIRE pour ASSOUAN, on quitte bien sûr one world to another.

A megalopolis of millions of people, very constructed, tumultuous, in heavy traffic on one side, a provincial town over a few hundred thousand inhabitants, present only on one side of the Nile .

We are at the gates of ancient Nubia in the ancient southern kingdom, the first cataract of the Nile (the other 7 are upstream of the Nile in Egypt and especially in Sudan) with a portion of the population in the skin and darker elements recalling the close of Black Africa, uniforms, home decorating in villages, etc.).

The city offers an architectural perspective monumental interest pretty average.

His avenue along the Nile however, allow a beautiful view of the river islands and raised the other side, desert and sometimes monumental.
Aswan also conceals the Nubian Museum, relatively new, well made, plated pink granite, with the scope of the collections range from prehistoric times to the construction of the old dam and the dam Nasser. Ancient Egypt is far from coming down at Giza and Luxor.

It is magical to understand that this entire region supplied downstream pink granite statues and monuments, as well as mining gold and other precious materials were used in ancient times to a few tens ( or hundreds) of miles away.

Ah, if Perros Guirec - Côtes d'Armor, was engaged in the obelisks! We are content to see the unfinished, with binoculars from the Hill Museum. Well that's where we examined the Fatimid cemetery, more interesting as a whole and in its detail, with its mausoleums and family tombs.

At about 200 meters from shore, a long street is the axis parallel to the souk, where articles, regardless of variety, are largely aimed at foreign audiences, and mass transit. Further south the Centre an avenue leading to some sites, the old dam and the airport, also includes stores that can accommodate tourist coaches whole ...

Coptic cathedral, the 20th century, prominent Nile, competition, its size and its position on a hill leading to the Nubian Museum, some mosques. Near Old Cataract Hotel , whose promotion had been made at the time by President Mitterrand, she hosted the January 1, François Fillon. The hotel is closed for renovation (ongoing) for several months certainly so no pilgrimage "pink" is possible in this dry region. Jarnac not here.

Aswan has
-docks for cruise ships, parked by three, completing the ascent of the Nile here
-for small ferry to visit the islands located a few tens or hundreds of meters, or the west bank - such motorboats can also serve as taxi or bus-and-
for mythical feluccas. These are rented by the hour for quiet races around the islands, possibly to go down the Nile, for the traveler who really gives a lot of time to time.

We decided to stay in a hotel located outside on the other side, in a Nubian village between Aswan and the old dam, part tourist village (the stalls for the tourists passing through, 1 to 2 km camel possible, etc..) partially true, especially when the "groups" have re-embarked, which recount their experiences in return oh so exotic.

A better contact with the "nature" and the river, located a few meters from our room, the quiet and the absence of horns compensate for a relative distance "trips" to nearby islands and in front of Aswan and Philae to the selected sites (near the old dam) and Kalabchach (near new).

A 2 occasions, we took a small boat from the hotel to Aswan for 1 / 2 hours of serenity, from the first cataract, although tame because of dams, viewing the boulders, scrutinizing the kingfishers spotted black and white herons and other waders on the shore, gazing off at the simple but monumental mausoleum of the Aga Khan and other old buildings overhanging, seeing the dance of veils feluccas Ancient and Modern. Carpe diem.