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Aswan

...the impoverished town suburbs.

Photos: Aswan town, cool; Aswan suburbs, not cool; Aswan's Nile corniche, not with those bloody smelly boats, if you please!

Aswan:
The endless Egyptian monuments of Luxor and Cairo can bring any mortal tourist to his or her knees, so any vacation in Egypt should end with a little peace and quiet and an almost complete lack of mega sights.
That's where Nile-based Aswan is onto a winner, as a tranquil retreat from the frantic must-see madness up the river. The river is particularly curvy, calm and attractive here in the deep south, with desert scenarios on the opposite [west] bank and fleets of felucca waiting to take you for a ride, literally and metaphorically - if anything is a must-do in Aswan it's a lazy sail in a [necessarily] crewed felucca, but a little walking, price comparison and firm negotiation is vital if you're not going to spend a month's wages on a boat trip. And keep a sense of humour! This is the Egyptian way.

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