1 We returned to Aswan on the evening of the 16th, stayed overnight on the Karim and them moved on to stay at the historic Old Cataract Hotel.
2 Aswan was our base of operations from the evening of May 16 to 18.
3 Old Cataract Hotel, viewed from the Nile River - it was named after cataracts (rapids) that were on the River before it was damned. The marque pictured in the first slide, is visible, right of middle top. A felucca passes on the far right.
4 View of hotel from the street side. Built in 1899 by Thomas Cook[1] to house European travelers, the hotel's guests have included Tsar Nicholas II, Winston Churchill, Howard Carter, Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Carter, Princess Diana, Queen Noor. Agatha Christie set portions of her novel, Death on the Nile at the hotel.
5 View of street and city from hotel window.
6 Gardens along the street in front of the hotel.
7 A view in the opposite direction down the street in front of the hotel.
8 Open air dinning room. The view from the window area, washed-out in the picture, can be seen in the next slide.
9 A view across the Nile from the dining room.
10 Friends and Betty checking out the menu.
11 Flowers on display in entrance foyer.
12 Entrance to main dinning room. Note large pot on display in the middle; there's a close-up in the next view, followed by closeup of archway.
13 Ornate tea pot on display in lobby of main dinning room.
14 Archway in hotel.
15 A view down the corridor approaching the main dinning room.
16 Sitting area on corridor.
17 Ornate lamp and illuminated picture in corridor.
18 Entrance to the Grand Salon.
19 Decoration in corridor.
20 Picture of felluca on the Nile, on display in the corridor.
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