What is it like in Aswan today?
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Aswan is much warmer than Cairo and even though it is less than four hours south of Luxor, by train, it also feels much warmer than Luxor, especially in the summer, so it is really refreshing to be able to take a felucca, the local type of sail boat, around the islands in the Nile. These islands and rocks are known as "The first Cataract".

The Old Cataract Hotel is where Agatha Christie wrote Death on the Nile.

Feluccas on the Nile at dawn	Nubian village	The tombs in the hills
Kitchener's Garden	The Old Cataract Hotel	The Temple of Isis at Philae