Cruising the Nile - Day 1

 

As we ate a beautiful breakfast outside on the deck of the yacht it was sailing to our first village of Daraw, where we will witness an outdoor livestock market.  A small boat took us closer to shore and we boarded tug-tuks for the ride to the village.

Tuk tuks

At the market where animals are ready to be sold or traded:

The village is a thriving marketplace:

Man smoking a hooka

Baking Egyptian bread

Butcher

Selling produce

Our next stop is the Temple Kom Ombo.  One side of the temple is dedicated to the crocodile god and the other to the falcon god.

Crocodile Museum

We returned to the yacht for another beautiful lunch.  We were allowed to relax while our yacht cruise downstream to the village of Fares.  Here we'll see a demonstration by a traditional craftsman showing how he builds different containers, tables, baskets, etc, using reeds that he harvest from the river and hand tools.

Mohammed explaining his craft

No special tools needed

He hand-made this table

As we ate dinner and relax for the evening we get ready for another busy day ahead.