Steve Happ Photography Ramblings and dissertations

Upper Nile Valley Tourist Photos.

In Aswan I spent a lot of bird watching and spent about eight days there. Most of the time was along the river or the Aswan Reservoir.

Fishing at Jebel Shisha

Jebel Shisha is a small village on the Aswan Reservoir between the high and low dams on the Nile River.

Desert Ruins

Some ruined buildings on the west bank of the Nile at Aswan.

Too many cruise ships

There were heaps of cruise ships docked at Aswan. Some of them in a bad state of disrepair. There are not many tourists around after all the security problems in Egypt and tourists are staying away.

Balloon over Luxor

There were quite a lot of hot air balloons operating at Luxor. They went up before sunset and floated around for a few hours, then came down again.

Balloon over the desert.

Another balloon cruising over the desert.

Statue of some pharoah dude.

I liked this statue. I think it was Hatsepshut or something like that. doh!

Desert village

These villages were still up but I would not like to live there. They are near the tombs of the dead.

Tranquil village scene

Nice shot of a donkey in the village. I like donkeys.

Balloon rising from the palms

A balloon taking off from near the west bank village.

Ancient temple.

Lots of ancient temples Most of them in a bad state of disrepair.

Fodder cart.

An old man with donkey carting fodder around.