You may recall the burning field featured a couple of weeks ago (February 15). Now the land is plowed and the field is being busily filled with banana saplings. The fertile Nile valley produces one crop after another, with 365 days of growing season per year. No wonder it is the Cradle of Civilization.
Bananas were first cultivated in Egypt in the seventh century A.D. I suspect that a time traveller from that period would not feel out of place in today's fields.
From sugar cane to bananas or wheat: crop rotation is good for the soil. Bananas are a water-intensive crop, using twice as much water as wheat.
9PM UPDATE: The Time Traveller and I decided to walk through the newly harvested cane field to the village beside the Nile for dinner tonight.
We walked through banana groves and under soaring date palms. Did I mention that I love palm trees?
We tried a newly opened fish restaurant: King Fish. Pretty good food. We both chose grilled bolti fish, which is your basic talapia. Babaganoush, tahina, and baladi salads accompanied the main course, which arrived with rice and cooked vegetables on the side.
After the big meal we walked to the river to admire Luxor Temple from the opposite shore. A very nice evening.
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