Two fishermen navigate a small motorized wooden boat across the calm blue waters of Lake Timsah (Buhayrat al-Timsah) in Ismailia, Egypt. The city's low-rise waterfront buildings and corniche wall are visible along the opposite shore under a clear summer sky. Lake Timsah is one of the Bitter Lakes group along the Suez Canal corridor, historically significant as a natural waypoint on the canal route connecting the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.