Des temps des Flaubert, Denon & Pierre Lotti sur les pages du Nil...
Like those famous writers, archeologists, egyptologits, we sailed like 'Pashas' aboard this "Dhahabiya", restaured , & dating back from the late 18th centuary...
It was really a very very pleasant sailing by the force of the prevailing wind (North-South) between Luxor & Aswan...............
In this photo... It was our 'sublime' moment of departure from Luxor...
We were 8 aboard, 8 friends...who really appreciated, simple necessities of life, but apreciated more tremendously, the luxury of being aboard of an elegant 'Dahabiyah' from the late 18th centuary..
We felt like, Flaubert, Denon & Pierre Lotti discovring for the very first time the Nile banks...& seeing exactly what they saw in their writings...
'Au coucher du soleil, les arbres ont l'air faits au crayon noir et les collines de sable semblent être de poudre d'or. De place en place elles ont des raies noires minces (traînées de terre, ou plis du vent) qui font des lignes d'ébène ce sur fond d'or - or comme celui des vieux sequins.'
Gustave Flaubert en apercevant les iles éléphantines pour la première fois...
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Libellés : Scenes de Vie..
posted by Hathor @ 12:56 AM
2 Comments:
Were you also to Abu Simbel? With the Dahabiya????
It must have been awsome to sail like this only pushed by the prevailing wind from Luxor to Aswan, on board of such a restaured old boat!!! I envy u Guys....
C'est Nostalgique!!
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