The water level of the Nile was low during our visit, so our agenda was changed, instead of motoring up the river to the Dendera Temple complex we where bused up. The road we used followed a canal several hundred feet in from the Nile. The distance to Dendera is about 20 miles but the ride took over an hour to get to the temple. We traveled on a two lane road passing many very small farming villages. The road to the villages intersected with the main road and several hundred feet on either side of the road was a series of speed bumps, the bus had to slow down to go over these bumps. All of the pictures below are taken from the bus window as we slowed to cross the speed bumps.

We were told that every village has a mayor, but I think it might be more like a senior family member, and the mayor had men with rifles standing at the entrance to their villages to keep order???

farmhouses along the canal, the top floor is left unfinished untill the son gets married

this is how many people get ground, entrance to a village

cars are very expense, many do not own

farmhouse along canal

looking across the canal, sugar cane is a big crop

intersection to village

crops and village, notice mountains in background

road to town

walking along the foot path

giddy up

selling fruit along the road

a road into the village

kids going to school ?

intersection to a larger village

tending the crops

on there way to market

women in the pick up truck

another intersection

more crops

man with rifle on duty at the village road intersection

more men

looking for trouble

family, mule in background

very typical scene

guarding town

guarding town

very typical scene

very typical scene

there is always a lot of activity at these intersections

lost in translation

very typical scene