Although our Egyptian guide (that's him wearing the baseball cap and sunglasses) has never been to the UK he speaks excellent idiomatic English and can do a great Geordie accent. He knew some very funny jokes and stories which he used in context to keep our attention when it began to wander in the 40c heat. He guided us round 10 different locations in the week and gave us a quiz at the end of each trip to check that we had been listening! He taught us a few words of Arabic for every day use and told us that Sahara means "desert" so it is not necessary to say "Sahara Desert". He was an excellent guide in every way. Because the Nile is the only source of water in upper Egypt only a narrow strip of land either side can be cultivated and in places the Sahara (not Sahara Desert!) comes right down to the river bank. There's no shortage of sand in Egypt!
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