Only when you reach the Nile after having
spent weeks in the desert is when you are finally able to understand its
historic and present day relevance. It is very easy to see that without it, the
Egyptian civilization would've probably never had the opportunity to exist (at
least not in such grandeur) and Egypt itself wouldn't be what it is today
either. The Nile is responsible for the existence of a long strip of fertility
right in the middle of the desert, that extends for thousands of kilometers and
around which most of life in Egypt revolves. It is by no coincidence then that
most of the population of the country settle within a reasonable distance to
its shores. As a result of it, this is where we encountered the traffic and the
noise again but also the life that it is only possible thanks to it.
