EGYPT
Wind-powered and towered by oversized sails, glide along the Nile like yachts on a harbour. The traditional wooden boats share this fabled river with Egypt’s newest cruise ships, passing palm trees, farms and sandy mountains in the distance. From my balcony cabin on the – the first Egypt-based vessel owned by the company – I ponder this splendidly blended view of nautical, tropical, rural and desert scenes.