Camel Jockeys

Thirty is the New Twenty, I Hope…

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June 4th 2007
Gina managed to fill two sick sacks as our plane circled the Khartoum, Sudan airport in an electrical storm. We had been due to land thirty minutes prior, but involuntarily surrendered our position in the landing pattern to a diplomatic flight. Not one to usually succumb to motion sickness, Gina was overly apologetic about ruining the last day of my twenties as we bumped through the sky. ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more