Aswan is at the northern end of the first cataract (waterfall) that marked what most historians understand to be Egypt’s southern frontier. However, in very ancient times, there were people living and trading around this town and it is from the remains of their domestic artefacts that we can understand how these peoples provided the …
Having departed London Heathrow at 3:00 p.m. it was after midnight when we arrived in Aswan and transferred to the Steamship Misr which is our base for the 600 mile journey down the Nile to Cairo. We noted that our very first arrival in Aswan was by overnight sleeper train from Cairo, the journey taking …
Today we travelled by train from Manchester to London and stayed overnight in readiness for the flights to Cairo and Aswan tomorrow.
Our next adventure sees us cruising the River Nile from Aswan to Cairo.
Our arrival at Manchester at 8:20 this morning followed 18 hours of flying from Hong Kong via Singapore. The Hong Kong section was easy by flying over the South China Sea. The section from Singapore was more complicated. We took a short cut across the Indian Ocean to Southeast India and then over the Arabian …
We used the Star Ferry from Kowloon to Central Hong Kong Island in order to visit Exchange Square. This is the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that has a public viewing platform overlooking the harbour. We walked along Connaught Road to another building new to us. The International Finance Centre has three floors of shopping and …
This morning the sunrise penetrated the bedroom curtains and the harbour came alive. One member of the party heard the dawn chorus – not of birds, but of engines of ferries starting up. After breakfast we moved to the Star Ferry and Ocean Terminals at the western end of Salisbury Road. We were in time …
At 7:00 a.m. this morning we were being gently pushed alongside the terminal in Hong Kong. This is on the site of the former Kai Tak Airport. It was here in 1996 that the Lisle family arrived for the first time. The approach to the runway was literally across the roof tops and one was …
Today was a day at sea as we crossed the Gulf of Tonkin and the South China Sea on our two day journey to Hong Kong. We have travelled so far that as you will see we have left the map and are on the carpet!! We have experienced overcast skies, rain and Force 6 …
Today we are in Sanya, China, on an island in the Deep South of the country. This modern city is fringed with mountains and forest and has a crescent shaped mile long beach. It is a busy fishing port and a place where cargoes are carried by junks to smaller settlements around the coast. The …