caravan and boat transport 4

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We loaded the caravan with supplies for the crossing, stacking crates of dried fruit and water skins alongside spare ropes and sailcloth. At dawn, the boatmen poled the flat-bottomed vessel through the reeds, while our camels snorted and shuffled on the deck. The shift from sand to river felt sudden, each creak of timber and splash of oar a reminder that this voyage depended on balancing two very different ways of moving.