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Saturday, February 25, 2006



We started our cruise on the Nile today. Before sailing the Nile, we took a Felluca sail boat ride to the Botanic Garden. Of course, Someone had to ask what happens if the wind dies down. Our poor boat man had to use these huge oars to get us back from the garden. We saw the Agha Khan Mausoleum on the bank of the Nile. He had been an early UN Secretary General who had a home and was buried in Egypt even though he was not Egyptian. We went to Kom Ombo temple dedicated to Horus and Sobek that evening. It seemed like all 300 Nile boats had stopped at the same attraction at the same time. It was like being in China again. The unusual item it had were the mummified remains of 3 crocodiles. One still had a piece of wrapping on its mouth. The temple took on a different look as we saw it in the night and it was lit up.

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