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Sooner or later, you'll find the idea of swimming irresistible. Non-residents may use the pools at the Cleopatra (£E8) and Isis (£20), but foreigners aren't admitted to the municipal baths on the Corniche. Although local boys happily bathe in the Nile, tourists seldom do for fear of bilharzia, and would be even less inclined if they knew that some alligators have slipped through the High Dam and established a breeding colony just upriver from Aswan. However, the tourist office asserts that they are too nervous of humans to pose a threat, and can arrange a boat trip to view them if anybody is interested. There are also some crocodile farms on Lake Nasser, which are harder to reach.