Early luggage outside my room before breakfast, then we had an early flight from Cairo to Aswan, home of the Aswan Dams. I didn’t get a picture of the High Dam; nothing about it seemed to stand out when I was near it or on it. I did get a few shots of the low dam, but those in the article are sufficient. One thing that struck me about the High Dam was that it was an earthen dam.

Next instead of a road trip we took a “boat trip” to the island where the Philae temple is located (the Wikipedia article seems authoritative.

I’ve got pictures (boy do I have pictures here) including snapshots of folks from the tour group I was with.

Back on the bus after we successfully returned to shore. We did stop by a huge unfinished obelisk in situ that remained unfinished because a crack was discovered in it. After this view we got back on the bus and joined our luggage on the Queen of Hansa boat. The first group of pictures from the Nile here were taken as we cruised to our next stop of the day.

After a late lunch on the boat, we docked, got on our bus and went to visit the Kom Ombo temple. Are there pictures? Of course there are — here.