Sound and Light Scene

Cairo Day 1

---

November 10th 2011
Our first full day of sightseeing in Cairo has been a cracker. Before getting to the story of the day please note that neither of our cell phones work in Egypt. I checked on the Vodafone NZ website this morning and Egypt isn’t one of the countries they automatically ‘roam’ in. So because the internet is going to be tenuous and we need a means of contact with family etc. back home we have p ... read more

Africa » Egypt

---

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