Breakfast at our hotel

A day of Recovery

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February 11th 2009
Our room, which is on the interior of the hotel, is completely quiet which is a welcome relief after being woken up by traffic noise and the call to prayers each morning. After the hotel buffet breakfast, Evy and I go for a walk and book an organized tour through Thomas Cooke travel at the Winter Palace. Though this is expensive compared to our Cairo tour, they all seem to be a similar price and w ... 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