On The Nile ......as goods !
The Awesome machinery of Tour Agents: Tourists bring in the butter and most of the bread for Egypt, a country more than amply blessed with treasures of the jawdropping kind. So it is no wonder that the tourism industry is well oiled and in perfectly functioning order. The Tour Agents are so efficient that it is more than amazing - its almost frightening ! From the time they pick you up to the time they dispatch you home, they function with robotic precision . Right after the Hullos, they briskly rattle away answers to all questions you would ask, could ask, ought to ask , forgot to ask and never thought of asking. They even tell you when to have breakfast so that you can be in the hotel lounge when they arrive for the day's tour. The Nile Cruise offered us the unforgettable experience of really understanding and appreciating the Six-Sigma operational system of the Mumbai Dabbawallas. In the land of the everlasting Pharaohs, we were the Dabbas. 'Ma...