Cruise the Nile vs. Taken for a Ride

One of the remarkable things to do whilst in Cairo is to cruise the Nile in a felucca and was a must do on Tenday's list, with or without us. I'm sure Fatima will be cursing herself for not coming with us. It starts out with the usual – using the restroom in a posh hotel (current score: four seasons -1, intercontinental – 2, grand hyatt – 1). Apparently I have a 6th sense for finding the restrooms in these places. Maybe someday I'll collect locations w/instruction and post them... As this is Tenday's adventure – she gets to negotiate the cost: 50 LE. Cool. So we get in and a tow rope is given to a little motor boat that tows us out. Nice – but then half way between bridges he drops the rope and we're on our own. The guys unfurl the sail. About 2 minutes into this the girls realize we're not moving. At all.
And here we sat - for 45 minutes