The rich colours of the desert

Night Train to Aswan

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April 16th 2009
After an exhausting day exploring the Egyptian Museum, the Pyramids, the Sphinx AND a Papyrus Paper Shop, we packed and went to the train station to get onto our transport to the south! At last, at about 10:30pm, the train pulled up and we all clambered on board, squeezing through the narrow seat isles with 12kg bags in tow and Egyptian men staring at us. All stuff that highly amuses me because ev ... 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