We sailed to Edfu during the night and will have a very quiet day of cruising. We had a tour of the "Bridge" and met the 2 captains of our ship!Apparently, piloting the cruise boats of the Nile River, is a family industry. All boat pilots are from the same area and learn from their dad's, grandpa's, uncle's and learn from a very young age. During school holidays boys from as young as 7 years old come aboard and learn. And they continue until they are done school and start to apprentice on boats. Our two captains are uncle and nephew.
We stopped at Esna to wait for our turn to go through the locks again. This time we don't get to shop from the floating market though...too bad!!! Once we were on the other side of the lock - the floating market side - we saw quite a few boats having the fun we did a few days ago. And let me tell you, experiencing it from this side of the river is almost as much fun. As we passed the boats we could hear the yelling and laughter!
We had a "Habibi Group" meeting in the afternoon. We talked about our tour so far, asked questions that we had - a little knowledge is dangerous - the more we knew the more we wanted to know - poor Habibi!! We talked about what we would be doing once we arrived back in Cairo, the tour isn't over, we still have sights to see! Walid interpreted our papyrus pictures for us - he knows EVERYTHING!
We had a fabulous last dinner and Les thanked the dining room crew for taking such care of us and feeding us so well. After dinner Les and Habibi went for a sheesha and some male bonding. This is our last night on board and it's a sad one.
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