{"id":79,"date":"2007-06-14T22:39:32","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T12:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=79"},"modified":"2007-06-14T22:39:32","modified_gmt":"2007-06-14T12:39:32","slug":"nile-river-cruise-sailing-around-aswan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/egypt\/nile-river-cruise\/nile-river-cruise-sailing-around-aswan","title":{"rendered":"Sailing around Aswan &#8211; Nile River Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>This afternoon we sailed around Aswan Botanical Gardens in a felucca.\u00a0 Our local guide was a botanist and was very keen to tell us all about the fauna and flora that existed around the waters.\u00a0 He certainly knew his birds very well and had hawk-eyes, frequently spotting and pointing out wading birds in the mangrove swamps or bushes.\u00a0 After a while, it became a standing joke and everyone was going &#8216;oh look egret&#8217;!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/9631-2\/IMG_4586.jpg?resize=120%2C90\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Local kids \" height=\"90\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 90px\" title=\"Local kids \" \/>Along the river banks\u00a0we could see donkeys grazing, young children playing\u00a0at the water&#8217;s edge and fishermen resting while their boats were moored ashore.\u00a0 All of a sudden, we saw young boys swimming up to our boats\u00a0and then clutching onto the railings or lifeboys.\u00a0 They were begging for money and many on the boat felt inclined to give some coins to them.\u00a0 Our guide though was insistent that money not be given to the kids as it encourages them to play truant from school and to resort to begging.\u00a0 Much as we understood his point, you do feel sorry for the kids as they were putting their lives at such risks to earn a little money.<\/p>\n<p>This evening we made our way top out to the Old Cataract Hotel, which we had seen from the river.\u00a0 We couldn&#8217;t\u00a0\u00a0wait to check <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/9723-2\/IMG_4472.jpg?resize=80%2C100\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Old Cataract Hotel\" height=\"100\" style=\"width: 80px; height: 100px\" title=\"Old Cataract Hotel\" \/>out this famous hotel from where Agatha Christie penned <em>&#8216;Death on the Nile&#8217;<\/em>.\u00a0 During the Egypt&#8217;s British colonial period, the Old Cataract was a favorite destination of the elite and interest in the hotel was revived when Agatha Christie wrote her book.\u00a0 It was a charming hotel and the archways had Moorish features that reminded us of our time in Morocco.\u00a0 We had drinks on the Terrace Bar, looking out into the Nile,\u00a0which was a grand experience.\u00a0 I can see how a writer like Agatha Christie would have drawn her inspiration from being in a place like this. 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