Taking off

Ballooning over Egypt

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February 13th 2009
Joshua and I woke up at 4:30 this morning for our balloon ride. We were all layered up and waiting as our shuttle drove up. We drove around to a few hotels to pick up more passengers and then we were dropped off at the pier about 5 minutes down a side street from our hotel. Later on in the day Joshua was not impressed that we had to get up so early and drive around only to find that we could h ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Valley of the Kings

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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