Longest Train Ride

It took us 13 hours by train to reach Aswan from Cairo covering a distance of just over 900km. Aswan is the southernmost city in Egypt and where the great Aswan dam is located. It is magically beautiful here.

The old Aswan dam was completed by the British in 1902. The High dam was later built with the help of Russians and completed in 1971. It doubles Egypt's power supply and increases cultivable land by 30%. It also created an artificial lake the size of Brunei.

Amongst the things to do here is going on a ride on felucca or traditional canvas-sailed boat. The river is at its most picturesque in Aswan as you see the Nile flows around palm studded islands and high desert sands in the background.