Dahabiya Day 3 - Edfu

This morning we went to one of the largest islands on the Nile. It used to be flooded during the annual Nile floods, but after the High Dam, the floods stopped and now since 1970s there are 350 people living here, interestingly all of them related, so one big family. We watched how the name traditional bread and then the family served us a delicious breakfast. We then walked around the village, saw their farming fields and irrigation canals. Then we went with them on small rowboats to watch how they do traditional net fishing. After the visit to the village, we sailed to the Edfu temple - the temple dedicated to the Falcon shaped god Horus. It had very beautiful carvings. Back on the boat, we had a quick cooking class where the crew showed us how to stuff peppers and small thin white eggplants. We then had delicious dinner - it was a very long and full day!Read more