When Rosemary Mahoney, in 1998, took a solo trip Down the Nile in a seven-foot rowboat, she discovered modern Egypt for herself.
As a rower, she faced crocodiles and testy river currents; as a female, she confronted deeply-held beliefs about foreign women while cautiously remaining open to genuine friendship; and, as a traveler, she experienced events that ranged from the humorous to the hair-raising--including an encounter that began as one of the most frightening of her life and ended as an.
When Rosemary Mahoney, in 1998, took a solo trip Down the Nile in a seven-foot rowboat, she discovered modern Egypt for herself