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[[in red]] Abu Simbel [[/red underline]]
to entrance and boat tied up at stone embankment Since then lower flow of water due to Asswan dam allowed formation of mudflat now well cultivated and which is about 150 yards wide [[red underline]] Our fat dragoman [[/red underline]] has some trouble in keeping up interest in his long drawn out colorless descriptions. [[red underline]] Most of us seem fed up on Rameses the Great etc. [[/red underline]] - While he is burning his magnesium ribbon with nobody to look on and many sitting down defeated looking tourists smoking cigarettes at the base of the columns his call: "Now ladies and gentlemen here is the most wonderful [[strikethrough]] statue [[/strikethrough]] ^[[portrait]] of Rameses the Great etc" [[red underline]] nobody stirs. [[/red underline]] Then he says "And this is the image of
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[[in red]] Nile [[/in red]]
the most beautiful lady of Egypt even the slackers get up to see merely the same repetition of carved Egyptian figures. Reminds me of the repeated yelling of the Arab donkey drivers: [[red underline]] "Vely good donkey! [[/red underline]] - Vely good boy!" - [[red underline]] Backseesh!" [[/red underline]] or "Vely old Scarab" - [[red underline]] [[?]] good scarab" which is droned in the ear [[/red underline]] of every tourist.
Temperature at noon [[red underline]] in shade 80 F [[/red underline]] in my cabin ditto. [[red underline]] Pleasantly dry [[/red underline]] light breeze. [[red underline]] Last night it felt so cold that I had to put my heavy overcoat over my light blanket Afternoon went out sailing on a Felluca [[/red underline]] loaded with pottery while [[strikethrough]] we were [[/strikethrough]] steamer was tied on shore Visited a large [[red underline]] Kayssa [[/red underline]] 3 masts Rigging very badly kept. [[red underline]] Mummy looking half blind cat. [[/red underline]] Cargo