Wasn’t expecting to be driving down to Abu Simbel today, you see I’d learned that both of the roads to the Red Sea coast are closed. The only way to get to the coast is the road just north from Luxor, so I managed to change my hotel bookings and was now on my way to Abu Simbel. The downside is that I won’t have a guide as Ismael can’t make these new dates, so I’m on my own. So nothing new there!
Anyway, the road trip should take just over 3 hours and the first section is horrid, bumpy, uneven and I’m hating the fact we haven’t got an SUV. But all of a sudden we get onto a new road and speed south for a good couple hundred kilometres. Time passes quickly and once we get to about 70kms from Abu Simbel the road reverts to the normal awfulness. I think the road builders obviously got bored at this point! Anyway, we reach the Seti Abu Simbel Resort and everything is great. No hassle from the staff, no begging for tips… The rooms are lovely but I’m shattered and fall asleep on the bed. Waking with a start at 4.30pm I’m up and out in double-quick time and set off just 20 minutes to the Crimson-rumped Waxbill site.
Boy it’s hot and there’s no waxbills or Village Weavers around, although an Eurasian Hoopoe, several close Clamorous Reed Warblers, and some martins flying around that confuse me as they look like Plain Martins… So I return to the hotel, tail between my legs, feeling a bit down and will make a plan for tomorrow…
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| Sunset at the resort... |
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