Room with a View

This is our view from our balcony on the 8th floor of the Ishmalia House Hotel. For 9 bucks a night we get a view of the Antiqueties Museum (the roundish building), the Citadel (not in the picture), and the bustling Midan Tahir. We even get breakfast!

The Worlds Oldest Tourist Attraction

April 8th 2006
Welcome to Egypt We have made it to the bustling streets of Cairo. All the horror stories of Cairo that I have heard in my research of this place have been so very, very wrong. This is a wonderful city. Even before landing the flight steward on our flight in (on a brand new plane that was nearly empty, which made it very cushy) offered to give us lift into town. We landed after 5:00 an ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

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

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