Day 24 - Tuesday 24/10/2006

Well, our final day in Aswan nearly over. Nick C, Mick and Rachel went climbing sand dunes and looking at temples while I had a quiet morning ending up at the Old Cateract Hotel (Death on the Nile hotel) and decided to splash out on lunch. We have just finished checking the Bikes fuel, oil etc ready for tomorrow. Apparently we have to be at the port by 10am which is a bout 15kms away. I would imagine we then wait for hours while the paper work is completed to get us and the bikes out of Egypt.

We are both now looking forward to next part although contact maybe sporadic until we get to Khartoum. Not a lot else happening.
Why aren’t my children writing Blogs????

Anyway, we will be in touch.

Cheers Nick G



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Aswan is getting very frustrating. Everyone is a bit tetchy hanging about with nothing to do. The bike plates are gone so we can't ride very far. The hotel management decided to drain the swimming pool and we think they are fed up of us too. NC tried to do some sketching and painting but the hassles from the locals is becoming a real nuisance. We rode the bikes along the Corniche - T-shirts & shorts, wind in our combined lack of hair but can you believe it, even on the bikes the Fellucca owners were jumping out in front of us trying to sell us boat trips. Shame they weren't going to Sudan! We have a very long day ahead of us on Wednesday. Got to be at the port by 10.a.m. even though the boat doesn't leave until "late in the afternoon" - whatever that means. Then it's farewell to Egypt at last and after a 17 hour boat trip it's hello Sudan and whatever that might bring. Inshallah! We will be in touch whenever signal allows. Thanks to everyone for all your support. Keep the comments rolling in. We will read them whenever we can. Probably next time in Khartoum.

Bye Bye for now

Two Scarey Bikers & friends