Driver of the vehicle taking us from Aswan to Abu Simbel, a hour drive in South Egypt

The driver of the vehicle taking us from the city of Aswan to the isolated temple of Abu Simbel in the southern Egyptian region of Nubia. The temples were located far away from modern civilization centers, they were in fact meant to showcase to the southern neighbors of Egypt about the power of the Egyptian pharaohs. Getting to the temple from Aswan can be done by boat, flight, or by road. We went by road, and since almost the only vehicles on the road were the tourist convoys (with vehicles traveling some distance apart), it was an easy drive for the driver (I would suppose the only problem would be to ensure that he does not fall asleep because of the sameness of the terrain over which he was driving.

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