Restaurant Name: Old Cataract Hotel
Reputedly where Agatha Christie wrote Death On the Nile.
I went along for high tea with the words ringing in my ears "You must dress up for the occasion". Unfortunately the timing was against me. The previous night I had been at a Nubian village feast and then spent the night on the felucca. Up at three to join the convoy to Abu Simbel. Back to Aswan in time for a quick bite and straight on to the camel for a two hour ride to a monastery. With no time to change let alone shower I turned up for high tea, smelling none too fragrant, dirty and dusty, but nevertheless hungry. The tea was served on the lawn and the sandwiches and pastries were as tasty as they were small, English tea almost compulsory!! The whole thing was quite surreal but the wonderful sunset over the Nile was so very memorable.
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on Oct 26, 2004
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