10 April, Sunday, Aswan
Willie usually gets up first in the morning and it has turned into a little ritual with Sammie. The moment he hears Willie he gets so excited inside the tent. He wakes both boys up, beats his tail against them and the tent until Willie lets him out. After being profusely happy to see Willie he then wants to see me and he emits these high-pitched frustration-moaning sounds. Willie has taught him to sit very still in his arms while he climbs the ladder to bring him to me. No more sleep of course, but how can I mind if he is so happy to see me morning after morning after morning? We cuddle until he gets impatient to go and explore and then Willie has to climb up and carry him down again.
We noticed that he had a sore next to his one toe and this morning Willie cleans it, put some ointment on and then bandages it with duck-tape. He is not happy and wants to immediately chew the duck-tape off. He gets used to it after a while though. We pack the car as well as our personal belongings that we want to take with us on the ferry, because we will not be with the car for 2 days.
We meet with Salah again, buy ferry and barge tickets, go to the traffic department for a safe-driving certificate, back to Salah to pick up our passports, tickets etc. We meet 3 groups of overland travelers from Belgium and it is fun to share experiences and exchange information.
We again check into the hotel – truly a roach joint, but the price is right and we will only be here one night.
Andrej and Hugo have made many friends in the surrounding area. One evening they went to the house of a shop-owner in the street below, played TV/video games and came home at 6am! A few nights ago they joined a group who played dominoes and as a team unexpectedly beat their opponents and received loud praise and applause from the onlookers. It is vice-versa an interesting and cultural experience for the Egyptians to meet and get to know them, and for Hugo and Andrej to spend time with people/friends of a culture that was foreign to them before they came to Egypt.
As they traversed the city they met a boat owner and arranged a boat ride for us - a felucca (boats with the huge sails – elegantly sailing the Nile) ride. It was almost wind-still, so for a felucca – not the best, but we enjoy the tranquility of the river and sunset that tints the clouds rosy-red.
We eat at McDonald’s – a Halaal McDonalds which, according Hugo, distinctly better tasting than other McDonalds. I have to agree, but maybe it is because I did not have to cook food.
We are in the room of our hotel, packed and ready for the day of tomorrow where we will hopefully hit the river for Sudan!
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Willie usually gets up first in the morning and it has turned into a little ritual with Sammie. The moment he hears Willie he gets so excited inside the tent. He wakes both boys up, beats his tail against them and the tent until Willie lets him out. After being profusely happy to see Willie he then wants to see me and he emits these high-pitched frustration-moaning sounds. Willie has taught him to sit very still in his arms while he climbs the ladder to bring him to me. No more sleep of course, but how can I mind if he is so happy to see me morning after morning after morning? We cuddle until he gets impatient to go and explore and then Willie has to climb up and carry him down again.
We noticed that he had a sore next to his one toe and this morning Willie cleans it, put some ointment on and then bandages it with duck-tape. He is not happy and wants to immediately chew the duck-tape off. He gets used to it after a while though. We pack the car as well as our personal belongings that we want to take with us on the ferry, because we will not be with the car for 2 days.
We meet with Salah again, buy ferry and barge tickets, go to the traffic department for a safe-driving certificate, back to Salah to pick up our passports, tickets etc. We meet 3 groups of overland travelers from Belgium and it is fun to share experiences and exchange information.
We again check into the hotel – truly a roach joint, but the price is right and we will only be here one night.
Andrej and Hugo have made many friends in the surrounding area. One evening they went to the house of a shop-owner in the street below, played TV/video games and came home at 6am! A few nights ago they joined a group who played dominoes and as a team unexpectedly beat their opponents and received loud praise and applause from the onlookers. It is vice-versa an interesting and cultural experience for the Egyptians to meet and get to know them, and for Hugo and Andrej to spend time with people/friends of a culture that was foreign to them before they came to Egypt.
As they traversed the city they met a boat owner and arranged a boat ride for us - a felucca (boats with the huge sails – elegantly sailing the Nile) ride. It was almost wind-still, so for a felucca – not the best, but we enjoy the tranquility of the river and sunset that tints the clouds rosy-red.
We eat at McDonald’s – a Halaal McDonalds which, according Hugo, distinctly better tasting than other McDonalds. I have to agree, but maybe it is because I did not have to cook food.
We are in the room of our hotel, packed and ready for the day of tomorrow where we will hopefully hit the river for Sudan!
Click Play for photos
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