Sunset on the Nile.
A colorful storefront selling hookahs.
These little kiosks are everywhere.
Our felucca
Negotiating the price of an hour’s ride around the island of Zamalek.
There are many houseboats on the river, some abandoned, some occupied. This one, though occupied, looked ready to collapse into the river with nothing more than a sneeze.
Why the two different architecture styles in one building?
Signs in Egypt are in English and Arabic.
Our trusty captain, blaring the music.
So relaxing!
A family of fishers. Mom rows, dad fishes, and the baby supervises.
Fishermen.
You see some weird things on the river including this odd carving made from tree trunks.
Everyone is on the river, including boatmen.
It’s hard to tell but this boat’s lights are shaped like traditional sails.
The sails of this boat were made of rags and old clothes.
The Blue Nile is just one of many river restaurants.
This building was burned during the revolution last year to get rid of any and all documents.
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