Date Farm!

Aedan's Kindergarten class visited a date farm. Aedan (who is taking "Egyptian Culture" this semester), served as my tour guide. Below: aged corn stalks mark farm boundaries, top branches from tall date

























































trees such as this make furniture (interior of branch) and rope (exterior of branch). Above: dates drying in the sun on blankets and baskets made of date palms. Mud brick house constructed by local farmer. A donkey takes a break from hard day's work to give Aedan and friend a ride! Red dates ready to be picked. Egyptian Culture teacher explains dates to class. Finally, a final view of the date tree.

I myself am not much of a date fan but there is nothing better than a fresh picked date washed in the Nile! Well, it was great until the next morning when "mummy tummy" returned (Traveller's hint, if you see a dead donkey float by, don't wash your food in the water! Reality: the Nile is the water!)

Nonetheless, having lots of fun here....
-Ashley