Finding oneself rag-dolling under a canopy of white water rapids on the Nile River isn’t an opportune time to wonder: Did my guide say there are or aren’t man-eating crocodiles and hippos in the water?
Moments earlier, I’d been sitting on the front bench seat of a raft with another passenger and a pair of guides. Together we’d already paddled through a series of Class IV and V rapids, with names like…


