Faiyum — At 5 a.m. I wake Joseph up, who leaps up: “Si signore”; At 6 we leave for the lake, the Sheik leading the way. After two hours walking, we leave the greenbelt - the dry ground is cracked with long, r...
Faiyum — We leave for Medinet el-Fayoum on horrendous donkeys, provided with even more horrendous saddles. Flat countryside - uniformly green carpet sometimes enlivened by a bunch of palm trees hiding a villa...