Down the Nile : Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff (Paperback)

from LynnB

I read this book while cruising down the Nile in the same area as the author. I think this greatly enhanced my appreciation of the book. This is the story of an American woman who wants to row down the Nile on her own in 2007. She tells about her challenges in buying a boat, and in trying to trav...

from dougcornelius

I enjoyed this book. But at times it seems that it did not know what story to tell. There was the culture story of lone woman trying to row down the Nile, being subject to the gender repression and government intervention. At times she was as afraid of being stopped from rowing as she was for her...

from mahallett

Interesting but peculiar but then some people love to do particular things. She writes well And I think she's truthful. Also no one would think her trip so peculiar if she was a man. She probably wouldn't be able to find a publisher!

from Schmerguls

4844. Down the Nile Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff. by Rosemary Mahoney (read 3 Aug 2011) This is a 2007 book by an American woman who decides she wants to row on the Nile alone. It is quite an ordeal getting set up to do so. and in telling about it she includes much information on the Nile and its...

from katiekrug

In a nutshell: Interesting travelogue evocative of modern Egypt but lacking some depth. Rosemary Mahoney does an excellent job of depicting the experience of being a foreigner, especially a woman, in Egypt. The overly helpful and solicitous Egyptians who ask a lot of questions and the overly fami...