The Felucca

On the Felucca: Sailing to be free

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April 18th 2009
After Abu Simbel we returned to Aswan and boarded our corresponding boats. Some people opted for the more expensive and all mod-cons cruise, whilst the rest of us chose the more real and of course more fun Felucca. A Felucca is a traditional wooden sailboat used in the protected waters of the Mediterranean, Red Sea and the Nile and has either one or two sails. It can typically hold up to ten pass ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Aswan

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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