galabiahs

We were to spend five days together, and from the beginning each tended to find his or her own spot in the sun on the spacious deck, inbetween lunch and dinner, and then gather closely at the ceremonious meals: the farm duck and lettuce greens freshly bought from the farmers along the banks of the Nile, the staff of thirteen, dressed in long grey galabiahs, cooking them in the galley.

Karin Badt: Going Down the Nile in Style: the 19th Century Dahabiyya Restored 2009