Talaat Harb, Downtown Cairo, Egypt

Egypt & The Middle East, Maas Salaama

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July 29th 2007
Salam alaykum Well somehow the trip back from Jordan managed to take even longer than its predecessor! After getting the 5 am bus from Karak, aiming for the midday ferry from Aqaba back to Nuewaba I was hoping everything would run on time. Unfortunately it didn't, the ferry didn’t manage to leave until around 8 pm, at least I had plenty of time to catch up on some sleep in the waiting hall. Th ... 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