Once in Aswan, we needed to burn some time while everyone’s visas (except ours) were being sorted out. What else is there to do but run a little ‘felucca’ sailboat down the river for a couple nights. It’s incredibly relaxing to do absolutely nothing for 2 days but brown under the Egyptian sun as the Nile rocks you to sleep. That’s actually the morning’s second activity. First is Mary leading yoga class on the boat.

The only downside to this voyage was that after all this wonderful relaxation we needed to wake up at 3:15 the next morning to jump on a bus to Abu Simbel to see the pretty amazing temples of Rameses II.