Jakey Jake

Next night I caught the train to aswan , where there was a dam and some more ruins to see. This time the hotel was shit, the city was shit, the dam was shit, the people were shit and to top it off they did that annoying muslim thing where all the mosques in the area thought they would blast their prayer sessions over the city at ungodly hours. Bastards. We had to get up at 4 to catch a bus to Abu Simbel, which I had been told was THE highlight of Egypt . What a disappointment. Sorry to all those who liked it, sure it was kind of kewl the four large carvings of the kings, but the entire site had been moved there, and really it was just two big tunnels. Mmmmm anyway.. that afternoon we went back to aswan and my aunty called me to tell me that our family paint factory was burnt down. A bit of a shock, but considering no one was hurt and factories can be rebuilt, I was over it pretty quickly. That night I caught the night train back to cairo before I was to head off to south America on my way back home for a brief stop over. I was so happy to get the hell out of Egypt . Its basically a big dump with people who are friendly because they want something. Its not as bad as India , but it gets a fair way to being close.