Our felucca ride was relaxing... mostly.
A felucca is an egyptian sail boat and ours was set up with a rather large mattress covering the entire deck. Captain Smiley (as he liked to be called) was very competent at tacking against the wind toward Luxor, and seemed to have the knack of skimming our heads just above the water.
Mum and I were relaxing in the late afternoon, listening to Pride and Prejudice on podcast and the others were on deck in various states of relaxation. We were all feeling very indulgent and regal. That is, until a strong gust of wind came up unbeknownst to us.
As we were used to the frequent tipping of the boat, we didn't suspect anything was amiss... However, then we started to slide towards the edge while the icy cold water of the Nile started to rush in. I got to my feet in quite a rush with only a minor amount of screaming.
Captain Smiley was able to avoid capsising (we weren't so sure if he could at one stage) and correct the boat. We sailed towards shore to dry out and wait out the wind.
Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of myself, but it looked a bit like this...
A felucca is an egyptian sail boat and ours was set up with a rather large mattress covering the entire deck. Captain Smiley (as he liked to be called) was very competent at tacking against the wind toward Luxor, and seemed to have the knack of skimming our heads just above the water.
Mum and I were relaxing in the late afternoon, listening to Pride and Prejudice on podcast and the others were on deck in various states of relaxation. We were all feeling very indulgent and regal. That is, until a strong gust of wind came up unbeknownst to us.
As we were used to the frequent tipping of the boat, we didn't suspect anything was amiss... However, then we started to slide towards the edge while the icy cold water of the Nile started to rush in. I got to my feet in quite a rush with only a minor amount of screaming.
Captain Smiley was able to avoid capsising (we weren't so sure if he could at one stage) and correct the boat. We sailed towards shore to dry out and wait out the wind.
Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of myself, but it looked a bit like this...
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and Judy
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