Wednesday, 6/6. Visited a very small town on an island where the main topic is water, of all things. Each half of the island gets 8 consecutive days of irrigation water. There’s a government employee who monitors usage. We spent the morning with a retired official and his family. Great time. They dressed our ladies in traditional Egyptian clothing. I shot off balloons for a neighbor’s child to catch. Most children were on the other side of the island (in new post-Ramadan cloths) for festivities.
In the afternoon we arrived in Ensa, the end of the line for the cruise. (There is a dam with locks downriver that unpowered boats can’t use.) Luxor is only 60 kilometers away. Visited a Temple with original paint still visible. Covered by soot for centuries, now being cleaned off.
Skipped dinner. Chicken, fish, veggies. It’s becoming very redundant. Farewell music and dancing (sans me).
Another sunrise. The bird makes the shot. 
Some are Americans. 
Nice hat. 
Without paint. 
With original paint! 
Traditional community water jug. Good neighbor principle.