Egypt
- Travel: Cruising The Nile By Felucca
The Star Online (Revathi Murugappan) Instead of taking a five-star cruise on the Nile, try the felucca. For a long time in the past, travelling in Egypt meant sailing the Nile since the world’s longest river was the main transport corridor. The river...
- Travel: Touring Egypt
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/3/10/lifetravel/17006220&sec=lifetravel "One of the highlights is a relaxing sail on a felucca (traditional sailboat) down the Nile. The simple wooden boat uses one main sail made of cotton and...
- Travel: Nile Cruise
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/3/10/lifetravel/17102919&sec=lifetravel"We checked into a luxury cruise ship with five-star facilities for a three-day cruise on the Nile to Luxor. Old, romantic paddle-steamers like the Karnak...
- Travel: The Nile Cruise
http://tinyurl.com/raaxx (market-day.net) A better than average travel article explaining what can be seen on a Nile cruise, and putting it into historical context: "The main draw to Egypt is the legacy of the Pharaohs and the Greeks and Romans who ruled...
- Tourist Cruise Ships Contribute To River Pollution
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/In an article discussing the pollution of the River Nile, Nile tourism is cited as a contributing factor: "Another problem is created by tourist cruises, floating houses and the river commercial fleet comprised of...
Egypt
Travel: Nile River trek
http://www2.townonline.com/billerica/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=565634
"Pushing gently against banks lined with fragrant fields of cotton and sugar cane, the Nile River may be the most famous waterway in the world, conjuring up images of a sultry Cleopatra basking on her seductive barge. Despite such decadent connotations, throughout Egypt’s history, the Nile was and remains the backbone of a nation at work. And, even a tourist observing from the deck of a luxury cruise ship can see this, watching as crops are tended by the fellahin - proud rural farmers, whose children smile and wave at every passing vessel. Dinghies and feluccas - elegant sail boats whose style dates back to ancient times - ferry passengers and goods back and forth."
- Travel: Cruising The Nile By Felucca
The Star Online (Revathi Murugappan) Instead of taking a five-star cruise on the Nile, try the felucca. For a long time in the past, travelling in Egypt meant sailing the Nile since the world’s longest river was the main transport corridor. The river...
- Travel: Touring Egypt
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/3/10/lifetravel/17006220&sec=lifetravel "One of the highlights is a relaxing sail on a felucca (traditional sailboat) down the Nile. The simple wooden boat uses one main sail made of cotton and...
- Travel: Nile Cruise
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/3/10/lifetravel/17102919&sec=lifetravel"We checked into a luxury cruise ship with five-star facilities for a three-day cruise on the Nile to Luxor. Old, romantic paddle-steamers like the Karnak...
- Travel: The Nile Cruise
http://tinyurl.com/raaxx (market-day.net) A better than average travel article explaining what can be seen on a Nile cruise, and putting it into historical context: "The main draw to Egypt is the legacy of the Pharaohs and the Greeks and Romans who ruled...
- Tourist Cruise Ships Contribute To River Pollution
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/In an article discussing the pollution of the River Nile, Nile tourism is cited as a contributing factor: "Another problem is created by tourist cruises, floating houses and the river commercial fleet comprised of...