Pilgrims decending Mt Sinai

Mt Sinai

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April 6th 2008
OK, now here is a historically significant place, nature/landscape appreciation and really cool thing to do rolled into one! After driving through the day from Cairo, including passing under the Suez canal (no ships passing through it to be seen, but we didn't have a great vantage point from the highway) we arrived at St Katherines protectorate in the early evening. Dinner in the carpark and a ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Aswan

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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