Complex sentence: Bolo accompanied Hilmi on various outings: to a petrified forest and on boat trips along the Nile; the boats were decorated as if it was the era of Cleopatra and Antony.
Split into simpler sentences: Bolo accompanied Hilmi to a petrified forest and on boat trips along the Nile. On their trips, the boats were decorated as if it was the era of Cleopatra and Antony.