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2 days in the mother of all tourist traps

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November 28th 2008
As I struggled through the bustling crowds of Cairo's Ramses Station and squeezed onto the 10 p.m. train to Luxor, I was struck with a rather unpleasant sensation. I would liken it to the feeling of dread one might have shortly before stumbling intentionally into a bear trap that they can quite plainly see. All far-fetched metaphors aside, however, the trap I'm speaking of at the moment is one for ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

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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