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A VISIT TO A NUBIAN VILLAGE
he visit to the Nubian village on the Nile. A little breeze off the river kept
Seheil Island in the middle of the us fairly comfortable. Several Egyptian
TNile wasn’t part of the tour pack- feluccas, traditional wooden sailing boats,
age. The small additional fee would be were taking guests for leisurely sails to
shared by Memphis Tours with the village fascinating destinations along the Nile
for improvements. All of the Pharaohs, here, including Elephantine Island, notable
except Mary who needed a respite from for its palm tree plantations, villages with
the heat, signed up. colorful mud-brick houses, four-star ho-
Mohamed led us off the ship and tels and the ruins of Abu, Aswan’s most
across the decks of a maze of small boats ancient settlement.
tethered together to our brightly deco- Further down the Nile, we passed ver-
rated boat that thankfully outfitted with dant Kitchener Island, home to Egyptian
padded cushions on its wooden benches. Army General consul, Lord Horatio Kitch-
Surprisingly, this boat ride would take ener, who brought back rare plants from
us through a most beautiful section of Asia and Africa. His growing grounds
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