I went here for two reasons, access to Abu Simbel, a site I had known about since childhood and later learned about the daring rescue of the great statues there, and the stone quarries. If and when I get back here, there will be a few more things to see. This is Aswan's main railroad station.

I had some sad looking windows to deal with, so no railroad shots. I think it also went into the night. This was the deluxe wagon with partial reclining seats.

A possibly well-to-do conservative group of Muslim Egyptian women having a snack while waiting for a train. They had the typical round bread and a lot of fun. Women stick to themselves over there as much as they can. I spied this group and immediately took the shot. The window was grimy but I did what I could to correct for the problems. I just could not pass them up.

This was what it was about for me. I knew that the obelisks came from here. You can see the tool marks. They were dug out of the rock with mostly stone tools (a stone harder than this). Took a long time, as you can imagine, and the reason these stayed behind was that the stone was somehow stressed and they cracked.