Day 76: Aswan, Egypt

Day 76: Today the overnight train arrived in Aswan. The train ride was very scenic with lots of dessert and palm trees. Aswan is in the south of Egypt and is considered Nubian region, where the people look more like Sudanese as they are darker complexed. That evening took a boat ride and had a traditional Nubian dinner, which consisted of fried fish stuffed with garlic, vegetable soup, soup with orzio, salad, rice (that was brown and white, brown from the rice being cooked). The boat ride was nice with lots of dessert and palm trees. Then went shopping in the local market with my tour guide. I decided to take a tour thru egypt and my tour guide Huda has been great. She is a local Egyptian. It has been great to talk to about the local culture as she is very independent and very open about it. She is 27 and is still trying to find the man of her dreams. She tells me most of her friends are married and she is getting pressure from her family, but she is holding off until she finds the right guy. She has been an offered a proposal by a man who is already married, but has refused it. In the Muslim world the man is allowed to have up to 4 wives. They are usually allow to have 4 wives due to certain situations, but some men seem to abuse this. My tour guide has informed me that Egypt is considered one of the more liberal Arabic countries, the woman generally wear a head scarf and shirts with long sleeves underneath. Saudia Arabis is one of the stricter wear some of the woman aren't even allow to drive. They are two sects of Muslims Shitte and Sunni. Sunni's are the majority and represent most of the Arabic countries.