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Here in 2004 is a young shepherd with his sheep photographed as he walks along beside the train. We can imagine his life, lived close to the land in a tight-knit rural community. Although lacking in many of the benefits of modern technology, people here have been able to escape the grinding poverty of Cairo.
This beautiful view, photographed in 2004, is what Agatha Christie would have seen looking out from her hotel in Luxor as she wrote Death on the Nile.
The first impression of the Nile is of its immensity. An appreciation of the beauty of the Nile comes later, when you have seen it at various times of day, in the early morning, at mid-day, at dusk and at sunset. Like many functional things that have served a population for centuries, the felucca, photographed at Luxor in 2004, is a thing of grace and beauty.
What for me is captured in this 2004 photo is the beauty, peace and tranquility of the Nile - especially to be experienced at sunset. The boat is symbolic of Egypt's farming communities' dependence upon the river, their life blood since time immemorial.
This photo captures perfectly the charm of many of the Muslim people we've seen and perhaps of youth anywhere in the world. Possibly they are students who are greeting a teacher or a friend. The scene is typical of the towns on the Nile that we saw from our train in 2004.
