First Mate, Hamada

Aswan to Edfu by felucca

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January 19th 2006
We arrived in Luxor this afternoon after 3 days and 3 nights on a felucca, sailing between Aswan and just outside Edfu Village. We had a great trip despite my initial misgivings about dealing with a man called Captain Washington and travelling on a single decked boat for 3 days, or more importantly, sleeping, on a barely covered deck with no heating and also no toilet facilities. The Egyptian win ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

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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