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Fishermen on the Nile

Felucca? I barely even know 'er!

February 12th 2007
For years my mother scolded me at the dinner table about starving kids in Africa, and today I’m one of them. Given the routine of constant grazing I’ve adopted since reaching Egypt - the mid-day schwarma, the koshary dinner, the hummus night-cap - it’s taken a bit of work to adjust to life on a felucca. We boarded the ship in Aswan - an auspicious breeze puffing its sail out ... read more
Africa » Egypt

Egyptian Flag The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more
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