When will we get the car??

On Saturday it was time for Ed, together with our English friend

William with the help of Mazar to tackle Egyptian bureaucracy to retrieve our car. It took the whole day, sitting, smiling, drinking tea, paying money and to have patience.
Meanwhile Helma and the boys moved hotel with some more luxury and a swimming pool and that was it. Of course we were on the roof to enjoy the views. But homework and playing computer in a cool room is sometimes very appealing. That night we all had a go at the water pipe although Ed is the only one who really enjoys it. But no, no car yet.

Finally the next day during lunch hour Ed showed up with the car with Egyptian number plates and also with a new driving license. Meantime the other party took the Egyptian Ferrari , horse carriage, to the unfinished obelisk, still lying where it was abandoned thousands of years ago, because it cracked. In the afternoon William left for Cairo and we took a trip on the Nile together with Mazar to see the first cataract. The Nile has seven cataracts, six in the Sudan and the first in Egypt. The cataracts contain lots of stones and small islands. The current is very strong and even with a motorboat it is difficult to tackle the current to reach calm waters. On the shore we saw camels and Nubian villages. You can visit the villages but we saw plenty in the Sudan. It was time to carry on. Luxor, the Zijlstra's are on the move.....