Carvings

Leaving Venus for Emilio

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February 10th 2009
We woke up this morning to find that our room had no hot water and that the toilet wasn't working. This was the final straw with our experience with the Venus hotel, and I resolve that we will be out of there today. After breakfast, we have no luck calling places with my cellphone and then realize that the Arabic words I am hearing when I dial means that the prepaid time has run out. After having ... 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