Campout Area

Arabian Nights

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August 29th 2011
For my first full day in Egypt I signed up for some trips (Pyramids, Old Cairo, Islamic Cairo, Alexandria, and Fayoum) and spent the better part of the morning and afternoon going to the last day of lectures for orientation. The lectures dealt with topics like security in Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt and how to combat homesickness. Afterwards they gave us food, Koshary, a famous Egyptian dish. I p ... 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