Onwards in Egypt

After a rather hot, but welcome nights sleep at the Rezeiky Camp in Luxor, we headed back to The Brooke’s head office to spend the morning with their mobile vets. On arriving at the office, Dr Ghais Soliman immediately gave us the good news that the car had been fixed, and we could collect it whenever we were ready. This was a massive boost, and one which meant that all of our minor car issues had in fact cost us no time. Despite being stuck in Amman for a week, and thus having to delay the Nile ferry to Sudan, as it so happened this ferry was postponed for a week anyway, and thus we would have been held up regardless.

Having spent the morning with Dr Moustafa and his mobile clinic team, in two locations near Luxor, we headed to the mechanics to pick up the vehicle. The Mechanic had in fact hand made two new Head Gaskets for us, one as a spare, and the car was back to running as smoothly as when we had departed Cairo. We paid him fifty english pounds, and a little extra for the yard boys, and headed off onto the road to Aswan, which was approximately three to four hours away. After stopping for a quick bite to eat off the main agricultural road, we were soon in Aswan, and it didn’t take us long to locate Adam’s Home Camping nearby.

We arrived once more in the dark, tired and ready for bed. Mohammed, who had been living in Kent until recently, welcomed us and introduced us to a German couple and two Dutch guys also heading to South Africa. After a quick Nubian lesson from Mohammed and a quick jaunt into the village for refreshments, we erected the tent and settled down for another much needed nights rest. It is now Wednesday and we are in Aswan centre. We popped in to see the infamous ‘ferry fixer’ Mr Saleh this morning, who assured us that the ferry would indeed be leaving on Monday. After a quick bite to eat, we are now in a nice and quiet internet cafe doing some chores. Tomorrow we will once more be with The Brooke, here in Aswan.