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Aswan is the most beautiful of Egypt's cities, noted for its healthy climate and cool evenings. It is 400 feet above sea level and 558 miles from Cairo with a population of 1 million. North of Aswan is the modern world, south into the Sudan is the past. Date palms grow up to the shore of the Nile but inland is nothing but desert where the heat becomes unbearable.

Aswan has been a favorite tourist site to Greeks, Macedonians, Romans and Egyptians! The finest relic in Aswan is the Pullman Cataract Hotel which appeared in the movie, Death on the Nile.

Leaving from the top of the Nasser Dam and boating to the island of Philae and the Temple of Isis!