My preferred landing point would be Aswan, so that over next week I can start heading back north back to Cairo, but the only airline that operated direct connections here is EgyptAir, and their website does not allow bookings less than 48hrs in advance.....Through Expedia/Orbitz/etc I cannot find any flights for following day ..... but I know that on Sundays there are following flights (8:00, 8:30, 12:30, some evening)... and I definitely not up for a 15hr train ride!!
Surprising thing happens Sunday morning .....I wake up at 6:30am ... surprising because I did not get to bet till 1am, and usually wake up around noon.... after quick shower (no time for shave) ... pack my bag, and race to the airport, to try to get on one of the morning flights ... and I do ... the 8:30am one, despite going to the wrong terminal, and having to haggle over taxi fare between T1 and T3 (if there is anything I learned over last few weeks is that if you really want something to happen, its doable, and all up to you ).
So here I am ... landing in Aswan at 10:30am (after another epic battle/haggle with the taxi driver over fare)
Along the river there are literally dozens of large Cruise ships, and as I start to enquire about getting a room to Luxor, I discover that its only 2 day cruise there, and that booking it is just too hard (and way expensive)!!! ....So after a few attempts, I put it into the too hard basket, and get a hotel room for the day (that part is very easy in Egypt).
During the day, I make it to traditional village on Elephantine Island .... where I meet a man who introduces himself as the tribes chief...... we walk around, talk, and he invites me into his house for tea (Egyptian tradition).... I really enjoyed the experience ... although I suspect that this may be one of those villages where everyone is a chief. 
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