Abu Simbel was magnificent.

Abu Simbel was magnificent. The colours of the hieroglyphs and the pictures on the walls are the best I have seen. Jocelyn was very impressed. My flashlight worked very well. There were a number of older people from England that I explained the hieroglyphs to with my flashlight. I got requests from two knowledgeable ladies whose batteries had just died.

When we got back to Aswan, a guide and car met us with a delicious box lunch and more bottles of water. Joc and I got a private tour of the Aswan dam, the granite quarry that the Pharaohs used, and the temples on Phylae. They were Greco-Roman and very beautiful. Very different from the ones I study.
The boat has only five passengers. We are watching the Indiana Jones movie that takes place in Cairo.  Harrison Ford is very young.
The boat is very nice. I am going to wait until Joc gets back from picking up her lost suitcase to have dinner. I have checked out the pool, dining room, bar, and gym. Lots of deck chairs.
I looked for Sobek for Sophy but didn't see him or his friends when we were on the side of the Aswan dam where all the crocodiles live. The guide said if you do a cruise of Lake Nasser, you can sometimes see them swimming if you look through the lower deck windows. That would be fun.
Miss you. Love. Les

Notes for the eager follower

Sobek was a Nile God

• It was believed to be a Man with the head of a crocodile and a headdress of feathers and a sun-disk

Sobek in crocodile formSobek was connected with the Nile, and protected the king. Live crocodiles were kept in pools at temples built to honour Sobek. In Canada you would need to keep them inside perhaps in the bath if you did not have an indoor pool. More about Sobek later as we visit EDFU.

Sophy is the Nile DOG