Cruising the Nile & More Temples

Cruising the Nile & More Temples

All, From Luxor, we flew to Aswan, where the famous dam is. This was built in the 60’s to control the annual flooding, which used to wreak havoc with its unpredictability. Now its flow is controlled, so life along the river is less dangerous. So much so that although the Nile River Valley is only 10% of Egypt’s land, 90% of its population lives along its banks. Incredible. They are trying to get people to move westward into the desert, but I thi…