The Route

Out of Egypt and off to Greece

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March 4th 2009
When the alarm went off this morning it seemed to early to be real and I actually dozed off again before it went off for a second time. With everything packed the night before, it wasn't much to get ready, but when you are really tired it is easy to leave things behind so we were doubly careful. Our ride turned out not to be Hani's brother, but someone else instead. We had one more scary Egypti ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

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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