Other than being about an hour late, our flight went quite smoothly, for which we are so grateful considering the circumstances in Egypt right now. No pictures from today, so I will take this opportunity to talk a little bit about Egyptian life.
This is a typical site all over Egypt. People do not take out home loans, but build as they can afford. Here you see a colorful flat with laundry hanging and a vacant structure on the next floor because it is not yet completed. There is also the beginnings for a flat on another story. It is quite common for families to leave the structure like this for several years until one of their children grows up and is ready to have a place of their own on the next floor.
Women washing clothing and pot was a common sight along the Nile.
Men were busily chopping down palm trees where our boat docked near Luxor. After removing all of the palm fronds, this fellow climbed to the top of the tree where he attached a rope.
After he comes down, another man used an ax to chop it down by hand, while other men pulled on the rope encouraging the tree to fall.
They then quartered the tree splitting it by hand. You can see our boat in the background.
Every part of the tree is used. The boys are striping the fronds of their leaves.
The leaves will be burned as fuel and the stock will be used to make crates and other furniture.
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