Down the Nile

I am finishing a travel book by Rosemary Mahoney, DOWN THE NILE, Alone in a fisherman's skiff. She actually only spends six days rowing down the river.

The story she tells is of the difficulties she has as a single woman in buying a boat and rowing by herself on the river. Women are not seen as capable by the Egyptian men.

But she succeeds and I am applauding her for courage and fortitude even though I do not want to row by myself down the Nile. I highly recommend this book.