A ride on a Felucca

Well, today is going to be a nice and relaxing day.  We are going to get on a felucca and take it up the Nile River.  I get to spend the night on it too.  You know what's weird though?  There is no power on the boat, no food on the boat and no bathroom on the boat.  No worries though, there is a support boat that follows along on our trip.  We tie up to it a few times during the day and go over and eat and get drinks.  We can use the bathroom here too.

A felucca needs the wind to make it go.  It's like a giant sailing mattress.  It's really relaxing.

Here I was laying out in the sun.  Don't worry I put sunscreen on so I wouldn't get a bad sunburn.  I took a little nap.

Look at how tall the felucca sail is.

There's a lot of pretty scenery along the Nile.  The boat stopped at the river bank so I could swim in the river.  It was so cold!  You wouldn't think the river would be freezing, but I didn't stay in very long.

I saw lots of cows and horses hanging out even getting washed by their owners along the river.

See the mosque in the background?

The bridge was built too low so when a sailboat has to cross under, they have to lower their sail to fit underneath.  It's the only bridge for a long way.

This was the support boat that has all the stuff we need.  

I got a little tangled up.

The sun is starting to set and pretty soon we will have to stop for the night.

The sailboats cannot sail in the dark because they don't have any lights and it's really really dark out.

We are going to eat dinner and go to sleep.  In the morning we will finish sailing, get off the boat and head up towards Luxor to see more sights!  Nighty Night!