The Elephantine Island at Assouan

We made a very nice walk around the Elephantine Island, which is in the middle of the Nile at the level of Aswan. Here there are a Nubian village and some lovely fields. The walk was very pleasant, passing through the narrow village streets with their brightly-colored houses. We climbed over a low wall and crossed green and brown fields.


A pretty house in the Nubian village	The sign indicates that the owner made the pilgrimage to Mecca by plane

A narrow and colorful village street	The village mosque

Crossing cultivated fields	A village street

We made a stop in a charming little museum, with tea and local bread and fresh salted cheese with cane "honey" (in fact, syrup).


A wall of the museum	Court in the museum

View from the museum roof	Tea and cheese on the roof

After tea, we continued walking back to the boat.


Village café	Nubian mother and child

Pretty houses	Painted door

Weaver's house: in background, on the other bank of the Nile, the Coptic Cathedral of Aswan	Weaver making scarves to sell to tourists

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