The Nile

After Aswan we were off for a full day on a Felucca boat on the Nile. We spent all day slowly cruising north up the river, and then "camped" on the boat overnight. The next morning we landed not far from Luxor and took about an hour drive into Luxor for the next part of the trip there.

On the Nile we saw quite a few huge cruise boats.... that is a popular way that many tourists and Europeans travel the river, complete with pools, dance floors, and fancy restaurants. We enjoyed our little Felucca/Sail Boat with just the 14 of us in our group... along with Ahmad our tour guide and our 2 Nubian boat captains. The Nubians cooked our meals for us as well, and that Nubian food is just so good...

Since the Damn was built in upper Egypt, there are supposedly no longer crocodiles in the river north of the damn. And in fact we did not see any... oh well. We did see plenty of beautiful landscapes and countryside though, locals bringing their animals to the river for water, a lovely sunset, and hordes of mosquitoes at night. It was crazy to think the it is the same river that Florence Nightingale and the early european explorers spent months on exploring Egypt and its sights so long ago.

chilling out on the boat

food!

Matt and Matt in the Nile.

Our boat during a brief stop along the way

A view of our boat and a neighbor boat where we docked for the night to camp.