Spending Night in The Middle of the Nile in a Felucca Cruise boat | Egypt Travel Blog: Day 5 (Part 35) 04D19

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I woke up very early when everyone was still sleeping. I sneaked out of my head under the canvas shade to wash my face using bottled water. The water went into the Nile. It was all dark and very cold. I saw some boats and lights far away. We were anchored very close to the shore and saw some vehicles passing every once in a while.

The crew started making breakfast when it was dark and it was ready by the time everything was lit by the early sun. Again, they did a remarkable job with breakfast, tea and coffee.

We all said goodbye to the felucca crew. Their hospitality efforts to keep an eye on detail to best serve their guests was truly amazing.

Our bus was waiting for us on the shore and we started to move. It was not full daybreak yet. We were moving along the Nile for a while and then passing through rural Egypt. Sometimes our bus was on a road parallel to train tracks and I saw a few rural train stations in that area. 

There were agricultural lands and sometimes we were passing villages and towns. The scenes were totally different than Cairo. The sun was slowly coming out and I had a glimpse of sunrise out the window sometimes.

We had a busy day ahead. We were scheduled to visit the Temple of Sobek in Kom-Ombo, then would head to Edfu to visit the Temple of Horus, and then a little rest at the hotel. In the evening we would see the Karnak temple complex.

So, it would be an exciting day coming up, but tiring as well.