For Days on the Nile.

BEING STUDENTS OF HISTORY, MY HUSBAND AND I HAD ALWAYS CHERISHED A DESIRE TO VISIT HISTORICAL PLACES. EGYPT HAD CAUGHT OUR FASCINATION. WE HAD READ MUCH ABOUT THE EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION, ABOUT THE GREAT PHARAOHS THE EGYPTION CULTURE AND HERITAGE. OUR KNOWLEDGE WAS LIMITED ONLY. THE OPPORTUNITY CAME WHEN MY FRIEND, NASIMA HAIDER BECOME OUR AMBASSADOR TO EGYPT IN LATE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. I IMMEDIATELY EMAILED HER SAYING THAT WE WOULD BE FIRST HOUSE GUESTS IN NEWLY ASSIGNED COUNTRY. EGYPT BECOMES VERY HOT IN APRIL, AND TO AVOID THE DESERT HEART, WE PLANED THE TRIP AROUND THE FOURTH WEEK OF MARCH WHEN IT IS STILL COOL. SAJJAD AND I FLEW TO CAIRO ON 21 MARCH. ON NASIMA'S SUGGESTION, WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE NILE CRUISE, A CRUISE FOR WHICH WE SHALL ALWAYS REMAIN THANKFUL TO HER. HER SOCIAL SECRETARY, NANCY HAD ALREADY MADE THE ARRANGEMENTS AND BOOKED US ON MS STEPHANIE FOR A THREE NIGHT CRUISE .