Days Between Time

Between our efforts of trying to finish "this" or complete "that" are the days not unlike the eddies in a river's stream. Here we turn slowly in circles and tend to minor tasks that are close at hand. The views on such days are simple but busy as they are on this day which included a trip to the bank, to the cell-phone office, to a grocery store and back again across the river. The trip back begins with a short video of the motor launch leaving from below the winter palace.




These motor boat trips across the Nile cost 5 L.E. for locals such as myself (about 80 cents). This Time Traveller's frequent dealings with airline companies pursuades him to add a 1 L.E. "fuel surcharge" for any destination significantly off the straight line path across the river.

Despite recent development projects, parts of the West Bank of Luxor still have a rustic view to them.



It is difficult to imagine how the Nile must have teemed with abundant wildlife in ancient times . . . as we are reminded of by this view of a water hen passing the boat.



On the final road back in the 39C heat, there is yet another example of Egypt's agricultural fertility. Before the banana trees grow and begin to shade the land with their large leaves, the land can be used to grow another crop simultaneously - in this case either eggplant or zucchini.