Taking the flight from Aswan to Abu Simbel (30-45 minutes of flight time)

The plane is Airbus A321, with a very long body and a arrow-shaped winglet.

The only thing I like about EgyptAir is their logo: Horus the falcon god. Besides that, there is nothing good about this airline.

Airport terminal transfer bus...they really know how to use every oppotunity to hard-sell Egypt.

The shops and their "starving" owners found on the way to the entrance. These people look as if they are going to pounce on you in any minute.

Look at the number of coaches! If you don't like the idea of flying, you can always join the convoy of over hundreds of coaches from Aswan to Abu Simbel (3-4 hours)

After fighting through the crowd at the entrance, you have to walk about 5 minutes before you see the temples. The open water is Lake Nasser.

Great Temple of Abu Simbel (on the left) and Temple of Hathor (on the right)

Front view of the Great temple of Abu Simbel. The facade is over 33M high.

Must take a photo in front of the Great Temple! After all, this side trip caused me over HK$1000 just for the plane tickets for this side trip.

The four colossi of King Ramses II. (yes, that debris at the front should be his head... reconstructed accurately even after the relocation)

4 versions of King Ramses II. They were supposed to be the same but they are now all different!