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Aswan is considered one of the most picturesque places in Egypt. It is located on the distance about 900 kilometers from Cairo and 200 kilometers from Luxor. In days of pharaohs Aswan was the southern advanced post of the country.

The city is stretched on the right bank of the Nile near to its first threshold. The desert approaches to water from the high left bank of the river. 83 islands are scattered across the Nile. The majority of them represent naked granite blocks.

Two high-altitude dams - old (English) and new (Soviet) are the sights of Aswan. The Coptic museum and the well-known but not finished ancient obelisk are also very attractive for visiting.

You may watch my Aswan SLIDE-Show with high resolution 58 pics from my WebShot channel.

Aswan - Crocodile and me

You may watch Aswan on my following VIDEO-Clips from my personal YouTube channel:
6 min 05 sec Egypt Aswan Felucca Trip 2007
4 min 01 sec Egypt Aswan Botanical Island 2007
7 min 54 sec Egypt Aswan Nile Cataracts 2007
4 min 29 sec Egypt Aswan Nile Nubian Village 2007
2 min 50 sec Egypt Aswan Nile & Old Dam 2007
3 min 48 sec Egypt Aswan High Dam and Monument 2007
2 min 04 sec Egypt Nile Cruise Boat 2007
4 min 20 sec Egypt Aswan Nubian Museum 2007
3 min 21 sec Egypt Aswan Coptic Temple 2007
4 min 35 sec Egypt Aswan Unfinished Obelisk 2007
6 min 04 sec Egypt Aswan-Cairo by Train 2007

Aswan - Unfinished Obelisk and me

My other Egyptian pages out of the April,2007 Trip:
1) Egypt,
2) Hurghada,
3) Bur Safajah,
4) Qina,
5) Al Karnak,
6) Necropolis of Thebes,
7) Thebes,
8) Luxor,
9) Esna (Isna),
10) Edfu (Idfu),
11) Temple of Horus in Edfu,
12) Kom Ombo,
13) Abu Simbel,
14) Philae,
15) Aswan,
16) Pyramids of Giza,
17) Cairo,
18) Alexandria.

Last visit to Aswan: Apr 2007
Intro Updated Dec 22, 2007
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Aswan - Egyptian-Russian Friendship - Me - Aswan

Egyptian-Russian Friendship Local Customs (1)

It is pleasant to visit the country in which you are hospitably meet not only because you the stranger but also because... more travel advice

Aswan Railway station Transportation (2)

We left Aswan to reach Cairo by night train. The railway station is in the city center on Sharia as-Souq. The... more travel advice

Cruise Boat Transportation (2)

We reached Aswan after two-days cruise over the Nile from Luxor. The boats have five tourist stars. I do not have wide... more travel advice

Mosque Off The Beaten Path (7)

There are a lot of Mosques in Aswan. One of them you may see on my pic. I don’t know its name. I think it isn’t old but... more travel advice

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hunterV Aug 30, 2008 at 9:27 AM

Sergey, you have numerous trip and huge coverage of them! Thanks for presentaion!
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volopolo Feb 21, 2008 at 5:05 AM

Excellent web site like all the others! Great info, tips, pictures anything! Hope that i will see uou in VT Rank number one one day! volopolo
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sayedaburas Jan 12, 2008 at 10:38 PM

I am glad enough to read all these lovely tips now and enjoy our lovely feed back (~_~)
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tiabunna Dec 28, 2007 at 5:10 AM

Very enjoyable Sergey - those dams are most impressive, and I didn't know that Kitchener had an island there. Wonder if you'd mind emailing me why you think the "unfinished obelisk" is modern?
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Trekki Nov 23, 2007 at 10:01 PM

Wow, Sergey, fantastic !!! I really cannot get enough of your videos as addendum to the atmosphere :-) My favourite here is the one in Nubian Museum - the music shoots me into the galaxies :-)) (it was me, since yesterday here)
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bijo69 Oct 31, 2007 at 3:07 PM

Another interesting page! That felucca trip on the Nile sounds great!
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scottishvisitor Oct 28, 2007 at 6:30 AM

The Botanical Island would be a big ht with me = so much to see and do :) Thanks Sergy for the wonderful virtual tour which I enjoyed very much
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bugulma Oct 27, 2007 at 8:49 AM

looks like very green place. very attractive monument to Soviet-Egyptian friendship :-)
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JLBG Oct 16, 2007 at 9:41 PM

The Aswan unfinished obelisk reminds me that on the Vercors Plateau, 60 km from Grenoble, away from any road, lies an amazing huge unfinished Roman column. The great dam is an amazing achievement but its ecological consequences have been underestimated!
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Nemorino Oct 14, 2007 at 1:05 PM

Yet another interesting new page from your trip to Egypt. I never realized there was an Old Aswan Dam from 1902, in addition to the new one.

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