“We finally made it to Aswan,” said Hisham Ali, 54, who reached Egypt after an odyssey that took his family south of the fighting in Khartoum, before heading over 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) north again to the Egyptian border.
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Thousands of people have been stuck there since Egypt tightened its visa rules in July.
“Aswan is beautiful, its people are kind,” the former government employee told AFP from a rest house in the popular holiday destination.
During the winter months, the city fills with Egyptian and international travellers — drawn by the abundance of Pharaonic sites, views of the Nile River and warm weather.
[We’ll see how long the welcome mat stays out. ~ Beege]
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