23 February 2008

The Island

We have this island in the middle of the Nile close to where I live. Most people don't know (I didn't know until I moved to the Sandbox) that there are actually 2 Niles...a white and a blue...and eventually they meet to make the Great Nile. They don't teach that in school or if they do I don't remember.
So here are the two Niles where they meet. It's pretty cool.
A fisherman in a handmade paddle boat.Here I am on the ferry of death. Usually it is packed with people and if any one person stands up suddenly the whole thing is going to tip. We hired this one to just take us and not 50 other people with us...it was definitely worth the $2!!
Some oxen plowing, or really probably just cows.
What do you do when you're washing your rickshaw and you don't want the wheels to get dirty? You pick it up and put it on some coke bottle crates.
These guys just hanging out with their donkey cart.

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