“‘This is grand,’ he said as he too leaned on the rail. ‘I’m really looking forward to this trip, aren’t you Linnet? It feels somehow, so much less touristy – as though we are really going into the heart of Egypt.’ His wife responded quickly: ‘I know. It’s so much – wilder, somehow’ Her hand … Continue reading Sailing Down The Nile On The Steam Ship Sudan
The felucca is a traditional Egyptian sailboat which, over the centuries and despite the modern world slowly creeping in, has remained one of the primary means of transportation for the Egyptian people on and across the Nile to this day. Rarely outfitted with any form of engine, the felucca instead relies entirely on the Nile’s … Continue reading Sailing In A Felucca On The Nile In Aswan
I read A LOT of conflicting reports from people on their experiences taking the overnight sleeper train from Giza/Cairo to Aswan. So this was probably the one peice of our trip I was most nervous about. Turns out the most stressful part of the whole adventure would be communicating with our uber driver that we … Continue reading Taking The Night Train From Giza To Aswan
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