Luxor Nile

The Nile, Marriage - Day 39

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October 22nd 2007
On the last evening we were due to go for another felucca ride on the Nile but there was no wind so it turned into a motorboat ride - it was very pleasant drifting down the river looking at the village scenes and the birds and the other boats. The young boatman told me that several old European women (much older than me and not as beautiful he said!) come out to Egypt and marry ‘small’ Egypti ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt

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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