Felucca Ride and Banana Island
October 5th, 2007 by stolisano
As our last day in Luxor dawned ,we were looking forward to a little more time to spend on this amazing body of water and what it represents for the people and country of Egypt. We wanted to take one more ride on the Nile. For that purpose we hired a Nubian Felucca captain. He worked together with his nephew and lived in Luxor, while his extended family was from a small village further south.
There was no breeze in Luxor that afternoon and a tugboat had to pull us and another felucca out to Banana Island, where we got off board and walked through a beautiful and peaceful banana plantation.
We also saw mango trees, which is the bearer of our favorite fruit that we have drunk and eaten here in Egypt. All the fruits have been great, but the mango has been by far our favorite one. They are juicier and sweeter than anywhere else.
We also saw lemon, orange and mandarin trees, besides all the banana ones. We were treated, under a straw roof, to freshly picked ripe bananas.
What a relaxing moment…
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The pictures of the fruit look incredible. Everything is so green compared to The Valley of the Kings. What a difference water makes.
I’m having a banana this morning as I read all about your visit to the plantation. Yum!
The pictures taken are amazing. I have a banana tree in my backyard and it produced two bunches of bananas this season.