Most of us probably think of cruising the Nile as something from the film Death on the Nile. The state rooms are larger, the ships are air conditioned and the ships are now enormous. The food is fabulous and it is such a pleasure to sit on the top deck under an awning drinking in the passing scenes.

(58K) 576 x 432	Here fellow passengers sit on the roof deck to play games, read, chat or take photographs. The scenery is constantly changing.	(52K) 648 x 486	The felucca is a common sailing vessel on the Nile.	(45K) 576 x 432	This is an evening shot of a felucca on the Nile. I especially enjoy the optical illusion of a flying insect which is created by the reflection of the felucca in the water.
(81K) 576 x 432	Here Graciela walks the gang plank when we stopped to visit a Nubian village. We had a healthy walk to the village before returning to sail home.	(36K) 310 x 576	This gentleman was the captain of a felucca which took us for a sail and a visit to a Nubian village. He is a typical looking Nubian, slender, European features and darker skin.	(56K) 418 x 648	This young man helped the captain on our felucca but when he wasn't busy, he enjoyed leading us in Egyptian songs. Not quite Row, Row Your Boat!
(86K) 504 x 400	After Cairo, we boarded a river boat to cruise to Luxor and to Aswan. Along the way, the local people were very friendly. These fellows have a donkey hitched to an irrigation pump to draw water from the Nile.	(84K) 504 x 394	Little children here are standing on an irrigation aquaduct while they wave and yell.	(95K) 504 x 443	This is a typical, picturesque little home on the banks of the Nile.
(59K) 576 x 432	Here two women carry greens either for good or animal feed through a village where bricks are being made.	(73K) 864 x 602	Primitive? Rustic? Maybe so, but look at the pink satellite dish on the roof!	(93K) 576 x 432	Our passing by gave these women and girls some diversion from their laundry duties.
(96K) 576 x 432	We saw fishing on the Nile everywhere. We never did see if the lad had caught anything in his net.	(89K) 576 x 432	As we approached the upper Nile, old tombs on the west bank became more common.