CAIRO — Sunset is when the Nile blinks to life in Cairo, the party boats twinkling like Vegas, the couples on the Qasr el-Nil bridge lingering in the breeze, the riverside cafes clinking with commerce long past most cities’ bedtimes. By 6 a.m., when the rest have gone home, the rowers come out to a Cairo few others know: no traffic, no crowds, little chaos. In the boat, the oar blades smear and scrape the river like knives over cream cheese. “A lot of people think about their problems in the shower. I think about mine during rowing.”

Source: New York Times January 02, 2021 08:03 UTC