Pyramid and Sphinx

Egypt: Cairo and Aswan

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January 25th 2011
“Welcome to Egypt” the immigration official said right after we paid him $15 each in US currency to buy a visa. We thanked him as we entered country number 13 on our trip. Ah, Egypt. It is a country that fills the imagination and often exceeds expectations; a country with an amazing past and a rocky present. We are touring Egypt on a group tour but there are only five other people in the gr ... 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