'What really excites me, ' says Jelal, waving to a friend who is climbing a mast to tie up his sail, 'is to make the journey from Aswan to Luxor.

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There's the young city worker, with his tie always at half-mast as if to emphasise how "dreadfully busy" he is, even though he's been standing on the platform for at least 15 minutes.

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