It may seem incredible, but huge storms in Egypt last fall led to all kinds of unusual problems. At the time, I was working on a Nile cruise boat and in the previous evening a terrific thunder and lightening rainstorm had hit. The boat leaked, but not from the bottom, from the roof. People woke up to find their bedding soaked. On the day I took this picture we had been heading to Luxor from Edfu and another storm was crossing our path. The captain decided to moor the ship to a palm tree near a tiny village. The kids were pretty excited about this turn of events. Eventually, everyone turned out to have a look and take a picture with their cell phones.