"The higher Nilus swells, The more it promises; as it ebbs, the seedsman upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain, And shortly comes the harvest" W. Shakespeare 1606 back to my galleries

view from fortress over 4th cataract fishermen at 4th cataract gebel barkal pyramids at gebel barkal
girls at kalidob ferry passage across the nile helmsman on the sudanese nile passengers waiting for the ferry
tombs of local sheikhs (qubbah) green nile - a river oasis crossing the 6th cataract (sabaloqa) beduins passing the pyramids of nuri