Cruise ships on the Nile stop at Aswan, where Elephantine Island once marked the border between Ancient Egypt and Nubia. Wendi said the people who live in the island’s village are very poor, but “they live in paradise.” This was one of her favorite parts of the trip.
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Torch Lake Views 
January 26th, 2011 → 5:09 pm
[…] Elephantine Island was one of Wendi’s favorite stops during the cruise on the Nile. This beautiful Nubian woman lives there. To visit her community, with its marketplace and rooftops and corner store and Coffee Chop, click he…. […]
February 3rd, 2011 → 7:02 am
[…] Elephantine Island was one of Wendi’s favorite stops during the cruise on the Nile. This beautiful Nubian woman lives there. To visit her community, with its marketplace and rooftops and corner store and Coffee Chop, click he…. […]