My street

Ah, El Maadi!

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August 21st 2005
Let me tell all of you first that living in Egypt is not as difficult as many people at home tried to convince me - I bought Kraft peanut butter at a store, for goodness sake (all Canadians will know this reference)! It does have lots of things to get used to, like traffic, finding your way through mostly unmarked streets, etc., but I like it here. And of course, "here" is El Maadi, a largely ex-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