Over a century since it first cruised the glittering waters of the Nile, the steam ship "Sudan" draws tourists who are keen to follow the trail of legendary crime novelist Agatha Christie. Tourists like to start their journey at the Old Cataract Hotel, ideally in the suite where Dame Agatha is believed to have stayed while writing her 1937 novel "Death on the Nile", in Egypt's southern city of Aswan, some 920 kilometres south of the capital.
Ahead of sir Kenneth Branagh’s new version of ‘Death on The Nile’, Egypt is keen to encourage tourists to return.
1. Steam ship "PS Sudan" cruising along the Nile
The steam ship "PS Sudan" cruising along the Nile Photo: KHALED DESOUKI
2. Cataract Hotel
A view of the suite where British crime fiction writer Dame Agatha Christie is believed to have stayed while writing her 1937 novel "Death on the Nile", at The Cataract Hotel Photo: KHALED DESOUKI
3. "PS Sudan" deck
A view of the deck of the Nile steam ship "PS Sudan" Photo: KHALED DESOUKI
4. Cataract Hotel suite
A view of the suite where British crime fiction writer Dame Agatha Christie is believed to have stayed while writing her 1937 novel "Death on the Nile", at the Old Cataract Hotel in Egypt's southern city of Aswan Photo: KHALED DESOUKI