The Nile at Aswan
This is the sunset view from our hotel on Elephantine Island in the middle of the River Nile at Aswan in Egypt. We spent one week staying in the Hotel Oberoi after one week on Lake Nasser getting rather 'templed-out'.

The hotel is on the island next door to a Nubian village and we sailed across to Aswan every day in a felluca, a small sailing boat, to wander around Aswan, once the capital of ancient Egypt.

Egypt is a perfect destination in the grim months of January and February as the weather is as good as a normal summer's day in the UK. Don't go in the high summer months as even the breezes are blistering.