Lake Nasser

Aswan

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April 2nd 2007
Untitled This morning we were supposed to be at the Aswan train station at 8am, so most of us got up fairly early so we'd be ready to get off. Of course, we didn't get there until 9am (it's Egypt). We had breakfast on the train - four different kinds of bread. Once we got off the train, we got on the bus and went to see the Aswan High Dam and the unfinished obelis ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Aswan

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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