{"id":488,"date":"2016-01-14T02:57:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T10:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/?p=488"},"modified":"2023-03-09T16:24:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T00:24:32","slug":"cairo-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/cairo-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt &#8211; in Da Nile"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>Thomas Cook, the creator of package holidays, took his first tourists along the Nile in 1869. One can only imagine what those early travelers made of Upper Egypt\u2019s legendary sites. Although the river has lost none of its allure sweeping political changes followed by prolonged periods of unrest and sporadic violence have sent tourism into major decline.\n\nBefore the Arab Spring in 2011 a typical year would see 10,000 departures aboard around 300 or so Nile river boats.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_0112a.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-900\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_0112a.jpg?resize=640%2C336\" alt=\"IMG_0112a\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<b>Hugh ascending in a hot air balloon over the Valley of the Kings (Luxor)<\/b>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_0088.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-902\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_0088.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"pension roma\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<b>Temple of Hatshepsut seen from the hot air balloon<\/b>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_0095.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-902\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_0095.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"pension roma\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<b>Extremely Fertile strip of farmland along the Nile Valley \u2014 but only 2-3 km from the river<\/b>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_0081.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-902\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_0081.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"pension roma\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<b>Village near the Valley of the Kings historically housing the tomb robbers<\/b>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_0142.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-901\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_0142.jpg?resize=640%2C336\" alt=\"IMG_0142\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<b>Feluccas still sail the Nile just like they did during the building of the pyramids to deliver building materials<\/b>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/Cairo-at-Giza-_20071114_052.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-903\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/Cairo-at-Giza-_20071114_052.jpg?resize=640%2C336\" alt=\"hugh@creefamily.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<b>Tourist photo of us at the Great Pyramid (Giza)<\/b>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_9998-e.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-906\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_9998-e.jpg?resize=640%2C336\" alt=\"IMG_9998-e\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<b>Felucca\u2019s are flat, wooden sail boats \u2014 Egyptians hire Feluccas to escape the heat on the land &amp; cities<\/b>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/on-the-Nile-River-Luxor-Egypt-3.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-907\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/on-the-Nile-River-Luxor-Egypt-3.jpeg?resize=640%2C336\" alt=\"on the Nile River Luxor Egypt (3)\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<b>Egyptian Felucca Boatmen \u2014 Egyptians are very friendly<\/b><div class=\"learnpress\"><div class=\"learn-press-message error\">This shortcode LP Profile only use on the page <a href=\"https:\/\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/wp-admin\/admin.php?page=learn-press-settings\"><strong>Profile<\/strong><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Cook, the creator of package holidays, took his first tourists along the Nile in 1869. 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