DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.9059#0143
JOURNEY
INTO UPPER EGYPT.
A few years ago, the only means of visiting
Upper Egypt was by dahabiah. But now
steamers start on certain days and accommo-
date a goodly number of passengers.
Thoroughly to enjoy the journey, however, it
should be made in a dahabiah. For there you
feel at home, and, open to any impression that
may arise, you can stop where you please; you
can land and shoot, or visit the villages, and
never leave the temples and monuments until
you feel you have done justice to them.
It is true you are sometimes too much at the
mercy of the wind, but no one should undertake
the journey in a dahabiah who has not plenty
of time to spare. To the traveller, then, who
wishes really to see and to know Egypt we
recommend the dahabiah. As to the steamer,
we have little advice to give. Everything on
board is clean and comfortable; meals are served
at regular hours; and at regular hours also the
temples and monuments are visited and admired
INTO UPPER EGYPT.
A few years ago, the only means of visiting
Upper Egypt was by dahabiah. But now
steamers start on certain days and accommo-
date a goodly number of passengers.
Thoroughly to enjoy the journey, however, it
should be made in a dahabiah. For there you
feel at home, and, open to any impression that
may arise, you can stop where you please; you
can land and shoot, or visit the villages, and
never leave the temples and monuments until
you feel you have done justice to them.
It is true you are sometimes too much at the
mercy of the wind, but no one should undertake
the journey in a dahabiah who has not plenty
of time to spare. To the traveller, then, who
wishes really to see and to know Egypt we
recommend the dahabiah. As to the steamer,
we have little advice to give. Everything on
board is clean and comfortable; meals are served
at regular hours; and at regular hours also the
temples and monuments are visited and admired