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.
5. Cataract Hotel bathroom
A view of the bathroom at 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 Photo: KHALED DESOUKI
6. "PS Sudan" deck
Swabbing the deck of the Nile steam ship "PS Sudan" Photo: KHALED DESOUKI
7. Cataract Hotel lobby
A view of the lobby of the Old Cataract Hotel - with the desk rumoured to have been used by Dame Agatha Photo: KHALED DESOUKI
8. "PS Sudan" view
A view of the lobby of the Nile steam ship "PS Sudan" off of Egypt's southern city of Aswan, Photo: KHALED DESOUKI