Luxor to Aswan travel (and viceversa) We recently came back from a 18days Egypt trip and wanted to share our experience. Luxor to Aswan travel is for some strange reason complicated and not much info is available on the internet apart from the Train. I have attached the schedule from Luxor and given the price, we opted not to take the train. If you want to travel by public transpo…

How high is the crocodile threat below the Aswan dam? Apologies if this seems like an insane post but I’m planning a Nile cruise and I ended up going down a rabbit hole of crocodile horror stories, including a Sudanese vessel sinking and a few hundred people being fed upon by crocodiles. Predictably I ended up dreaming of the same thing and woke up sweating. Is this a serious risk in the South of E…

Admitting I fell for a scam in Aswan Returning to the cruise ship from the market, we decided to hire a horse carriage. We negotiated fee upfront and were happy with what felt like a fair price – £200 Egyptian Pounds (about USD$6.50.) We got to our destination. My companion handed over two 50 pound notes, and I handed over one 100 pound note. As we walked away, you can imagine what…