Aswan -Sunday, April 25

Riddle of the Day

Q: What did the fish say when he hit concrete swimming around Aswan?

A: Damn!

We arrive back at our room in Aswan at the Keylani Hotel where we left most of our bags for our side trip to Abu Simbel. As per our "vacation" domestic roles I tend to the kids, trying to get them cleaned up and ready for bed while Greg hunts down kid-friendly meals to bring back to the room. The guy at the front desk is helpful pointing Greg to two good options resulting in falafel sandwiches (for 1 Egyptain Pound = 20 cents!) and some kiddie sandwiches - one with three hot dogs, one chicken panne (breaded chicken cutlet) and one beef shwarma. We dine then sleep our one night in Aswan. While we have tomorrow to check out Aswan in the evening we're on the overnight train again.

In the morning we enjoy the breakfast crepes and fruit served on the rooftop terrace. Then Cici and I head back to the room to nap and pack respectively, while the boys enjoy a quick swim in the jacuzzi-sized roof pool. Once all of our bags are packed we head to lunch and to the market. For some reason I can't move the photos around in this posting so I'll just describe the photos in the order they're pasted below.

1) One of the covered streets of the market

2) Typical wooden holder for their pita-like bread

3) Beautiful display of spices and indigo blue (for whitening laundy whites)

4) More bowls of spices

5) Dried hibiscus leaves for making a drink called Karkaday

6) Greg and a donkey that is used for making deliveries

7) Just a cute shot of Connor perched on Greg's knee at the lunch place while Greg chats up the staff.