In front of the Great Sphinx

Egypt!! (wow.)

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October 18th 2007
We arrived in Cairo on October 18th. It was a short flight from Athens. This is the only leg of our trip where it was advised to do a tour, and it was some very good advice. My Arabic skills aren't up to date. The trip was phenomenal. Karl was offered 1,000 camels "for your wife". I was quite insulted as I heard later another girl had been offered 6million. Oh well. (I talked him up to 2,000 c ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Giza

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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