We spent several hours each day traveling down the Nile River. It was fascinating, slowly, peacefully, moving along, watching these wonderful scenes go by. I will let the pictures below tell the rest of store.
ME on a small boat we used to cross the Nile to visit a temple
view of the boats
inside the boat
the legenday boat featured in Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile
our tour boat
the Sanctuary Sun Boat IV
ME in the center stair case
evening entertainment, the whirling dervish
a felucca, typical sail boat found along the Nile
looking up the river
several hunder feet of lush green, then desert
Luxor Temple from the water
another view of Luxor Temple, but notice the row of 7 tour boats tied together, these boats have been mothballed for several years, we must of seen over a 100 of these boats sadly sitting idle
ME on the upper deck enjoying the views
view from the boat
lunch on the back deck, some of the folks in our group
view
view from the lunch deck
felucca
zoom in
view
kids playing
working the fields
animals grazing
grazing
man watching the boats go by
traveling by donkey
village scene
goats
view
women relaxing
men relaxing
ME & I
view
in Aswan
young woman
our guide
ME enjoying a felucca sail
looking down the river to Aswan
kids on surfboard, they will sing a song in any language for money
Aswan town center
man along the docks
folks preparing a meal
sunset
center Aswan
The Old Cataract Hotel
felucca sail boats
Another great blog !
Thanks Bob
Great pix! K&D
Really interesting! Why are the river cruisers mothballed? Drop in tourism due to the social unrest?
Did you try your hand at sailing one of those felucca boats? You 2 could have shown your skills. Another great blog. Be safe.
So peaceful and beautiful:) After teaching ancient history for a few years, it was a nice feeling to be virtually on the river of so much history.Thanks for the views.