Karen the Muslim

Pharaoh's, pyramids and 5000 odd years of history

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December 2nd 2007
We had to fly out of Heathrow at 8:30am so to get there on time we caught the bus from Cardiff at 3:30am which wasn’t much fun. The flight to Cairo was about 5 hrs and we felt very spoilt to get a meal on board as pretty much all of our flights up to date have been with budget airlines that don’t serve food. The hostel we were staying at arranged for a taxi to pick us up and the ride into the ... 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