{"id":80,"date":"2007-06-15T21:20:58","date_gmt":"2007-06-15T11:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=80"},"modified":"2007-06-15T21:20:58","modified_gmt":"2007-06-15T11:20:58","slug":"nile-river-cruise-a-visit-to-a-nubian-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/egypt\/nile-river-cruise\/nile-river-cruise-a-visit-to-a-nubian-village","title":{"rendered":"A visit to a Nubian village &#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>Today, we paid a visit to a Nubian village to learn something about\u00a0Nubian culture.\u00a0 Nubians are the people of northern Sudan and southern Egypt.\u00a0 The Nubians are believed to be the first human race on earth, and most of their customs and traditions were adopted by the ancient Egyptians.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We were led into a building which appears to serve as\u00a0some sort of a\u00a0co-operative.\u00a0 In the main room, there was a tank filled with baby crocodiles.\u00a0 You were invited to pick them up, but this was <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/9653-2\/IMG_4603.jpg?resize=110%2C80\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Baby crocs\" height=\"80\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 80px\" title=\"Baby crocs\" \/>not for me.\u00a0\u00a0 We went into an alcove and as we sat around, mint tea was made and served.\u00a0 Our guide gave a little talk on life in the Nubian village.<\/p>\n<p>There were several other alcoves with different exhibits in them.\u00a0 In one of the alcoves, a couple of the Nubian ladies offered tattooing services.\u00a0 This was very popular with the girls in the group.\u00a0\u00a0Tattoos form part of the <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/9663-2\/DSC_1150.jpg?resize=85%2C110\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Tattooing\" height=\"110\" style=\"width: 85px; height: 110px\" title=\"Tattooing\" \/>decorative artform\u00a0for Nubian women.\u00a0\u00a0A woman would normally have one shaped like a mole on the cheek, a crescent on the forehead or a line drawn from the lip down to the chin.\u00a0Today, the girls were offered more modern choices like\u00a0floral patterns, scarabs, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The guide then showed us into a room where\u00a0two women, seated on the floor,\u00a0were caring for her young child.\u00a0 This appears to be their home and we felt bad for having intruded.\u00a0 We were assured by the guide that it was alright and that this was all part of the tour.\u00a0 That didn&#8217;t make us feel any better.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other things we were shown in the place were the men smoking their water pipers.\u00a0 As we left the building, there were other vendors outside, selling their little craftworks.\u00a0 We went back to our boat for a sail back to our cruiser.<\/p>\n<p>This evening we went back to the Old Cataract Hotel and had dinner at the 1902 Restaurant with a few of our fellow travellers <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/9735-2\/IMG_4574.jpg?resize=85%2C110\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"1902 Restaurant\" height=\"110\" style=\"width: 85px; height: 110px\" title=\"1902 Restaurant\" \/>from the cruise.\u00a0 This restaurant was opened to celebrate the opening of the first Aswan Dam and its grand launch was attended by Khedive Abbas Helmy, the sovereign of Egypt, Winston Churchill and a host of Dukes, Lords and other dignitaries.\u00a0 The restaurant had a very exotic and welcoming feel, but unfortunately there were not many diners there and therefore the place felt empty.\u00a0 It was therefore strange\u00a0that when we rang make a booking the previous day, the person who took the call said that he had to check to see if there were tables available.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There were six of us in the group and we tried a spread of food, some better than others. 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