Nile Felucca

  • DSC01302 Mona whiles the time away as we tack into the wind on our felucca.
  • DSC01305 Home for the next two days. We ate here, slept here, read, talked, etc... Note: Our accomodations did not include a restroom; much the consternation of some.
  • DSC01306 Nothing much to do, but watch the shore float past.
  • DSC01309 Dave and Emma, a charming couple from England.
  • DSC01311 The only bridge we saw in the ~25 km felucca trip. It was a very nice, new looking bridge.
  • DSC01312 It appeared, a lot of people lived and worked on the banks of the Nile. We saw very few people fishing, mostly farmers.
  • DSC01313 Chris and Mona in our felucca nest.
  • DSC01317 Looking upstream to the second felucca.
  • DSC01318 The galley, each boat crew took turns preparing meals. They did a great job, the food was plentiful and tasted great.
  • DSC01320 A typical part of the shore, notice how quickly the green belt along the river turns to desert.
  • DSC01323 Another part of the shoreline, the desert starts within hundreds of meters from the shore of the Nile and continues unbroken for thousands of miles.
  • DSC01325 A farm on the shore. A typical field was probably about the size of a tennis court. A farm was usually made up of 2-4 fields each planted with different crops.
  • DSC01326 ...and where there are farmers, there are usually ranchers. Here there are donkeys, sheep, and goats; a mix of animals we often saw.
  • DSC01328 A mid-day stop for lunch and a short swim ( at least for some). I eventually persuaded Mona into wading. The water felt nice and was moderately clean here.
  • DSC01333 A tree. We thought it may have been some type of date tree. We were wrong (about the date part, we're pretty sure it's a tree).
  • DSC01337 Our felucca, in the distance, anchored with the second felucca. They were very pretty boats, but didn't seem to be very efficient.
  • DSC01341 Our boat getting ready for bed.
  • DSC01342 Everybody had plenty of room and the mattress-like flooring was pretty comfortable.
  • DSC01343 The only problem was the temperature. During the day, the wind made it feel chilly and at night, the temperature dropped. Luckily, the crew had blankets.
  • DSC01344 Mona getting ready for bed. She slept fully clothed and awoke both mornings with the sun.
  • DSC01346 Our boat rigged for sleeping. The curtain did a pretty good job cutting the wind and blocking the sun in the morning.
  • DSC01348 A small hut with and a fire. I don't think this is where he lived, but I could be wrong. I think he worked with the tour company to provide entertainment for the felucca groups.
  • DSC01350 Our anchor for night two (well at least part of the night in any case). We went to sleep here and during the night we sailed/floated/were towed down river. We awoke in a totally different place.