Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Gift of the Nile



“Egypt is the gift of the Nile” said Herodotus the great Greek philosopher and it is so true. This beautiful river is also the longest river in the world and flows from south to north….hey that’s correct….did you know that there is a Blue Nile and a White Nile……..yes that’s right too

a family living on the boat…..cruising the Nile daily ..catching fish….eating and sleeping on their lil boat that is home. A carefree life entirely dependent on this great river…..

Herodotus wrote ” the great river rises of itself, waters the fields, and then sinks back again;thereupon each man sows his field and waits for the harvest”….for hundreds of years the Nile has made life possible for hundreds of thousands of people and animals.

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