Friday, Dec.8, 2023 – A little story
There are many personal stories here on my site. If you haven’t found any of them, they are worth looking for. Here is one. I lived a life much like Tom Sawyer in that...
Coming Adventures
We will be off to more of the far corners of the earth next year. We have a long cruise planned from Bali, and on to Indonesia, Taiwan, The Philippines and Japan as well...
Sunday, Oct.29, 2023 -Back in Cairo
We have arrived back in Cairo and our fine Marriott Hotel on the island in the middle of the Nile. The traffic, as usual, was thick and interesting with people walking by sweeping among...
Sat. Oct. 28,2023 – The Temple of Philae
We went to the Temple of Philae today by boat. It can be seen from our hotel. It had set on an Island for centuries but had to be taken apart and moved to...
Oct.27, 2023 – Leaving Abu Simbel
We are retracing our route back from Lake Nasser to Aswan. Our stay here included a lecture on the Nubian people and their history by a man will respected for his knowledge on the...
Oct.26, 2023 – Aswan Dam
We drove back from our ship to Aswan Dam. We had a look at the large story boards there and learned a great deal about the creation and need for the dam and Lake...
MOn. Oct. 23, 2023 – Dinner on shore
We stopped for dinner last night on shore. The long table was set for thirteen, as usual. Our lucky number. It was a fine affair and the food was wonderful as usual. We haven’t...
Oct.22, 2023 – The Ruins of Eddy
This temple was just up the river from where we docked last night. It is very well preserved as it was under forty feet of mud, sand and a village for hundreds or thousands...
Oct.22,2023 – The Egyptian Sailing Code
Our very large room is on the water line. The second deck is our dinning room. Above my veranda a sailor is manning the tiller. I can hear him walking above me. I can...
Oct.22, 2023- Sailing south up The Nile
We are being towed up river toward The Aswan Dam by tugboat at the moment. We just passed a steel plant with its bellowing black smoke. Apparently we have reached civilization once more. It...