Desert Stars - 16 Hours Overnight Bus Continues | Cairo to Aswan

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After the last stopover, our tour bus kept moving and the highways took us cutting through the desert. This was the first time I experienced skies full of stars in the middle of the desert. 

What I regret about this is that I was not able to take pictures or videos because the bus was in motion. I have never thought that stars can be that bright and skies can be so close to the earth.

It felt like the sky was falling over head and the stars looked like they could be touched by hand. The desert in the middle of nowhere, the pitch black surrounding, the skies, the bright desert stars above us - the whole environment felt like I was on a different planet.

I saw that my other tour mates were sleeping and they missed these unique moments, which they would probably never get another chance in life to observe.

The star-moments didn’t last too long. Very soon our route took us away from the desert and the stars were gone.

A little later, I started to see the sun coming out and the world outside started to unfold in the daylight. We were passing small towns and villages and I started seeing people on the street or outside their homes. The general population in this southern region seemed to be darker and have distinctive features.

We were supposed to go to our hotel first to freshen up, but we were already behind schedule so our tour guide decided to finish sightseeing first and then check in at the hotel.

We were heading to the airport to pick up our other tour mates who flew over, instead of taking the bus.