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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

A Drive Through the Countryside

We made a second trip to the village of Kerdassa, yesterday.  I wanted to see some of the agricultural area with the pyramids nearby.  Our friend drove us back to the area and we headed down one of the roads along a canal behind the village.  Onions, cabbage and alfalfa are the main crops growing among the date palms.
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The road was narrow and gradually shrank to the proverbial "donkey path."  Yes, there's the donkey.
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We were lucky to be in a small car.  A larger SUV would not have made it down the bank of the canal.  The goats and donkeys didn't seem impressed with our problem.
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When the path finally became impassable, we stopped and got out to inspect things and asked another "driver" for advice.  While we could see the next village, just a bit ahead, we couldn't get there from here.  We would have to back up a couple of hundred yards and take a left.
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Soon we were back into the town and then headed back home.
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