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| From Wadi El Sebua, Lake Nasser, Egypt |
Temple Shmemple. We decided to forgo the pleasure of the second tour of the day and slept for most of the afternoon, right through until 6.30 in the evening. The morning tour was good but mainly because of the location. Lake Nasser is beautiful, we are travelling through rocky desert, triangular shaped hills looking like chocolate mousse on a vanilla sponge base dusted with cocoa powder, it is incredible to think that this huge lake, the largest artificial lake in the world, is not more than half a century old. It covers a huge area although I do think that a four day cruise stretches out the attractions of the area. Nearly everything we have seen so far seems to have been commissioned by bloody Ramses II, I've had enough of the randy old goat, one of the temples this morning was built by, surprise surprise, Ramses II. I guess it was interesting but having seen so many temples, tombs, hieroglyphics and columns, it didn't seem so special. The island, Wadi El Sebua, it was on however, was gorgeous, it was sandy desert stretching away into small rocky hills and dunes, dry green bushes near the edge of the water, the ground white and squidgy when we went to get back on the motorboat to take us back to our ship.
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| From Wadi El Sebua, Lake Nasser, Egypt |
I disappeared into our cabin for most of the day while Djalma stayed on the top deck near the swimming pool talking to all the other guests on board. We watched action films on the flat screen TV in our bedroom and slept when they got boring. We rolled out for dinner but decided to stay and watch the sun set over the Lake before disappearing into the restaurant to gorge on the Egyptian buffet. The food was gorgeous, I stocked up on vegetables in an effort to offset my binge on the desert section, most things were fried or soaked in honey or both, I could have easily eaten everything again although I might have just popped. We went back to our room to let it all hang out while we watched The Wicker Man with Nicolas Cage, Djalma went up to watch the match between Spain and Germany (1-0) coming back down in half time to get updates on the film. We ended up watching The Marsh afterwards, changing to Chains of Gold with John Travolta afterwards when it got too scary.
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