Egypt - Cruising the Nile

Nile village underway Tue Jul 18, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Family fishing from a small boat Tue Jul 18, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Tom on the bow Tue Jul 18, 2000 Nile River, Egypt
Boat behind us besieged by villagers of Esna selling their wares Tue Jul 18, 2000 Esna lock, Egypt	Our boat, Nile Adventurer, entering the Esna lock Tue Jul 18, 2000 Esna lock, Egypt	Native worker wearing traditional gallabah at the Esna lock Tue Jul 18, 2000 Esna lock, Egypt
Inside the Esna lock Tue Jul 18, 2000 Esna lock, Egypt	The boat behind ours also entering the lock Tue Jul 18, 2000 Esna lock, Egypt	The lock opening, 8 meters higher Tue Jul 18, 2000 Esna lock, Egypt
Columns in the Temple of Khnum Wed Jul 19, 2000 Temple of Khnum, Esna, Egypt	Morning light on the columns Wed Jul 19, 2000 Temple of Khnum, Esna, Egypt	Columns and the side wall Wed Jul 19, 2000 Temple of Khnum, Esna, Egypt
Sunlight on the side wall Wed Jul 19, 2000 Temple of Khnum, Esna, Egypt	Facade of the temple Wed Jul 19, 2000 Temple of Khnum, Esna, Egypt	Bow of the Nile Adventurer, with our room in the lower right Wed Jul 19, 2000 Esna, Egypt
Felucca on the Nile Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Felucca in front of a Nile village Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Us on the sun deck Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt
Fishing boats on the Nile Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Kids waving in frront of their house Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Village along the Nile with swimmers and fishermen Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt
Nile farm Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Felucca with a cow on it! Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Nile farm Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt
Kids swimming and waving in the Nile Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Farm with storage sheds Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Us travelling by horse and buggy in Edfu Wed Jul 19, 2000 Edfu, Egypt
Temple of Edfu Wed Jul 19, 2000 Temple of Edfu, Edfu, Egypt	Tom with statue of Horus, the falcon god Wed Jul 19, 2000 Temple of Edfu, Edfu, Egypt	Louisa with another falcon statue Wed Jul 19, 2000 Temple of Edfu, Edfu, Egypt
Look at the size of the door! Wed Jul 19, 2000 Temple of Edfu, Edfu, Egypt	Boat used to carry the statue of the god Horus Wed Jul 19, 2000 Temple of Edfu, Edfu, Egypt	All of the walls are covered with hieroglyphics Wed Jul 19, 2000 Temple of Edfu, Edfu, Egypt
The entrance to the temple Wed Jul 19, 2000 Temple of Edfu, Edfu, Egypt	Louisa looks like the Queen of Sheba Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Louisa worshipping Tom (not!) Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt
Us with our friends Linda and Steve Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Us in our gallabahs Wed Jul 19, 2000 Nile River, Egypt	Temple of Kom Ombo Thu Jul 20, 2000
Columns in the temple of Kom Ombo Thu Jul 20, 2000	Broken column in courtyard framed by a door Thu Jul 20, 2000	Sycamore wood used as a joint Thu Jul 20, 2000
We study the guidebook Thu Jul 20, 2000	Louisa looks at the colorful columns Thu Jul 20, 2000	Vendor stalls along the NIle in Kom Ombo Thu Jul 20, 2000
Cliff by the side of the Nile Thu Jul 20, 2000	Louisa with unfinished obelisk, Aswan Thu Jul 20, 2000	Camels riding in the back of a truck Thu Jul 20, 2000
The Nile coming out of the High Dam Thu Jul 20, 2000	The power plant of the High Dam Thu Jul 20, 2000	Looking along Lake Nasser and the High Dam Thu Jul 20, 2000
Louisa in the ferry to Philae Temple Thu Jul 20, 2000	Philae Temple from the water Thu Jul 20, 2000	Columns of the Philae Temple Thu Jul 20, 2000
Front entrance to the Philae Temple Thu Jul 20, 2000	Side temple beside Philae Temple Thu Jul 20, 2000	Old (circa 1800) grafiti with lat and long (very close) Thu Jul 20, 2000
Side temple at Philae Thu Jul 20, 2000	Feluccas on the Nile Thu Jul 20, 2000	Us on a felucca Thu Jul 20, 2000
Louisa on the felucca Thu Jul 20, 2000	Look at all of the feluccas! Thu Jul 20, 2000	A cool sand dune on the edge of the Nile Thu Jul 20, 2000
A nice bench in the botanical gardens Thu Jul 20, 2000	Our boat, the Nile Adventurer, from the water Thu Jul 20, 2000

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Revised: Tue Jan 29 16:16:08 2008 on www.shieldsaroundtheworld.com.
Copyright © 2000 Tom & Louisa Shields. All rights reserved.