Crossing Lake Nasser
It is not possible to drive from Sudan to Egypt – so we had to take the ferry. It looked quite good on the picture that was printed on the ticket. It didn’t look as good in reality. We had opted for second class instead of a cabin (in hindsight this was not our best decision during this trip) and put down our bags and blanket under one of the lifeboats – the only place where we could find some shade and waited for the ferry to get going. It took some three hoursbut then we were on a steady course towards Egypt.
It was great in a way. To sleep on deck under the stars. People spread their blankets (or card board boxes) everywhere and just went to sleep. It was a bit hard as well, but we managed to sleep for a few hours and when we did not sleep we could watch the stars. Early morning the men started their prayers on deck, now the picture became even more surreal, the night, the stars, the moving boat and men in jelabiya praying. Then came the sunrise, the breakfast (beans and bread) and Egypt. A slight chaos broke out as we were disembarking, but this is Egypt. It was expected.
Unfortunately our car could not travel on the same ferry and we are now waiting in Aswan for the barge that transports cargo (and our car) over lake Nasser to arrive – hopefully that will be Sunday.
So what do we do in Aswan in the meantime? First of all we had to find out what the time was. This could, in many people’s eyes, sound like a fairly simple thing to do. Not so. In Egypt they have had daylight saving time up until last year – something that must have been very confusing for the Egyptians a lot. Our mobiles were not totally in concurrence the one with the other. Neither were the hotel we stayed and the restaurant where we had supper. Was it the same time as in Sudan? Or the same time in Europe? No one seemed to have the answer. Andreas searched on the internet – and got even more confused at first. But after an hour – or was it two – agreed that the hotel was right. And one of our mobile (don’t remember which one) had also picked up the right time, the same as in Europe!
So once we had finalised what the time was we could finally start exploring Aswan, the Corniche along the Nile, the old Souq and the food
We don’t have pictures yet to show you, but click on Fotoarkiv (the old Multimedia tab) and you can now see some video clips from our trip in northern Kenya
Looks like You as allways look upon situations that occures, from the bright side of life… (no use spending energy on something You simply cannot change) Frustrating though not getting pole pole on the same trip, but I’m sure it will work out fine.
Really greate watching the photos, and even more the videos. Seeing both of You and listening to Your talk was wonderful. Sounds You enjoy the situation despite diffucult conditions.
Take care.