My stepdad & the Nile

Stranded on the Nile

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February 19th 2008
Unfortunately, not much to say about our Nile Cruise on the MS Nile Treasure. From the first moment we saw it, we knew we had a bottom rung cruise. The rooms had a stinky smell, either like mold or sewage depending on the room. There were no balconies and some of the rooms didn't have windows that opened, even. The main problem was that our engine broke - one of the two - and we went very slow ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt

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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