Another day dawns over the Nile We intentionally woke early this morning to catch sunrise over the River Nile. It was totally worth the sacrifice of an hour’s sleep to see this… Shortly after dawn our cruise ship docked at Edfu and we set out […]
Just 60kms from the Sudanese border there is a temple – a most magnificent temple… We went on a day trip to Abu Simbel today to see the Sun Temple of Ramses II and its neighbour, the Temple of Queen Nerfertari. Everyone at some stage in their life […]
Aswan – modern capital of Upper Egypt Aswan is Egypt’s Southern-most city and was once the Egyptian Empire’s frontier town; today it’s a bustling market and tourist town of some 300,000 souls. Most of the Nile River cruise boats start or end here in Aswan, and due to […]
Our last week in Japan… Today marks the beginning of the end of our 2013 Japanese experience; we fly out of Sapporo next Sunday. Not that the adventures are quite over yet – we still have a few more exciting places to visit before moving on to Korea. […]
Wandering Soles 