me and my private taxi driver to saqqara

Endings, beginnings and experiences

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April 15th 2007
Well, OK....my trip is almst to an end. It was wonderful to see my friend Celia again in Somerset-west! She invited me to a exquisite luch at a nice quiet hotel on the slopes of muntain Helderberg and then she brought me to the airport. I had to cry when I arrived in Cairo, where it was raining and dirty and wth such a different energy....but then....I am quite adjustable so I make the best of t ... 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