Busy weekend — finishing up the boys’ rugby season with a mini tournament with a visiting team from Abu Dhabi. I think I have one more Egypt post to come (about our trip to Garbage City).
One of the things that most tourists do when they come to Egypt is take a sunset felucca ride on the Nile River. (A felucca is a traditional wooden sailboat). It was one of the items on our No Regrets list so one evening we walked down along the Nile and found a boat to take us out for 1/2 an hour. We could have gone for an hour (or longer), but I wasn’t sure how much everyone was going to enjoy it (Carter didn’t want to go at first) and I didn’t want to be stuck up river with a screaming baby so I requested a shorter ride.
The boat behind Calvin isn’t a felucca, but one of the many party boats that cruise in the evenings packed with young people, blaring loud music, and lit by flashing neon lights. Hmm, that description makes me sound like a cranky old lady, doesn’t it?
Our captain let the boys pretend to “drive”
Carter finally getting his sea legs
Out on the water it was relaxing and peaceful as the breeze muffled the constant honking of traffic
From the middle of the river, looking back toward the shore — the US embassy is the domed building in the background between the two big hotels.
After getting off the boat, we walked along the Nile until sunset
