Aswan

I'm in Aswan in Southern Egypt on the banks of the nile. It's hard finding internet cafes in Egypt - I'm sure there are heaps of them but if you don't know you're way around it's hard finding anything in Egypt. Also there's not a lot of free time on this trip. It seems like there will be but if often gets eaten by delays in transport and needing to rest. Not that it's a problem. I'm having fun, but just to explain why I can't write much. Day after tomorrow I'm going on a felucca (traditional sailboat) for 2 days. Definitly no internet contact there!

I saw the pyramids at Giza yesterday. Took me by surprise how moved I was by them. So big and old, they seemed so solid and beyond all the chaos playing out at their feet. And there was all sorts of chaos - Giza is an outer suburb of cairo and there were millions of tourists and touts of all kinds, including camel riding kids trying to sell them stuff. But I feel emotionally very like I felt when I first saw Uluru - strange cos they are so different, but in many ways similar. Have taken lots of pictures but discovered a mark on the lens that's put a smudge on all my pyramid photos. Grr. Hopefully I've cleaned it off now.

We have a camel ride this arvo and then dinner in a local Nubian village. I'm gonna go and find some food now. Camel riding is hard work.