We met fun friends through Greg’s pickleball contacts. Fun pickleball & fun lunch – where we were taught the local way to eat amazing Egyptian foods.
Rebel suggested a walking food tour in Cairo — Bellies Enroute. An amazing way to take a walking tour learning about local history & culture while enjoying carefully selected food stands. Yum!
Our trip had an overnight train trip from Cairo to Luxor. The ride was smooth & took us past small villages along Nile. We saw donkey carts used for agriculture & lots of citizens caring for their crops.
Our faluca ride was peaceful & fun to see communities from water viewpoint.
We learned that Egypt subsidizes wheat so all citizens can enjoy pita bread. Since Ukrainian war – they started a farming program in desert – irrigated Nile- where citizens can buy land & work irrigated fields in an otherwise barren land.
We wandered off the tourist track in Aswan & found a locals restaurant where we had beef kabobs, hummus, rice, veggies & 2 bottles of water for $6.
We saw cute kitties & pups everywhere and they are busy keeping vermin at bay.
As we travelled from Aswan to Luxor one side of the road is a green & tropical with banana plantations & crops & other side is barren& rocky.
Luxor temple at sunset is magical
Camino Venture 