Luxor-Cairo-AlexandriaEgypt 2007Tom Griffithurl='/Videos/2910.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2910.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Alexandrian souqurl='/Videos/2911.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2911.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Alexandrian seafront Just when I thought Egypt couldn't throw any more surprises at me, I found Alexandria. Sitting at the opposite end of the Nile from Aswan, Al-Iskandariyah (as it is known to the locals) couldn't be more different from the conservative, steamy, Nubian south. It is almost as if the Mediterranean sea breeze has carried over something of Europe to the place; from the French-style coffee-shops and seafood restaurants, to the charming architecture and rattling old trams. It is an intensely li
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