Thank god for ash clouds & the Icelandic volcano, Egypt & Jordan April 5th-23rd 2010
April 5th 2010 Egypt is a place I’d always wanted to go to, who hasn’t?
The pyramids, the Sphinx, Karnak Temple, some great dive sites, the list goes on and whilst there I though why not visit Jordan, home of the Temple that is in the Indiana Jones and the last crusade (I’m such an 80’s baby) and also home to the Dead Sea, where you can supposedly float unassisted.
We started off on a 4 day cruise alon
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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 
