A drive down the Nubian desert is a wondrous experience, especially when we are bedazzled by a spectacular desert sunrise. The red disk arises unimpeded at the horizon, shining upon a fantastic bleak utterly unearthly landscape.

View outside our hotel room looking upon the Nile. The streets are oddly reminiscent of Chowringhee.	Sunrise on the Nubian desert, as we drive in a convoy of 30 cars from Aswan to Abu Simbel. Each car is manned by an armed policeman to protect against potential terrorist threats.

Unlike the Sahara dunes, the Nubian landscape near Abu-Simbel is characterized by pastel colored striations and craggy outcroppings.	Landscape around Nubia in South Egypt, near Sudan.

Feluccas on the River Nile in front of Nubian sanddunes, back in Aswan

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