On the way to Mount Aso
Mount Aso is one of the largest active volcanoes in the world and the largest one in Japan.
It’s almost 1600 meters high and its caldera has a circumference of 120 km.
August 18, 2006
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Sound and light at Abu Simbel
There are several ways to see Abu Simbel: you can take the convoy. This is the cheapest and most popular option, giving you, however, little more than an hour at the site! The luxury way is to take one of the ships cruising lake Nasser. We opted for the plane instead: this gave us time to visit the site at daybreak, before the big crowds. A side-effect of this approach was that we also saw the sound and light show at night. While we enjoyed the illuminated temple, the laser projections simply were too much! The picture above shows the Ramses temple with laser beams ...