Dusk in Midan Tahrir, Cairo

February 26th 2007
With Paul back in the States and a procession of long, lonely days ahead, I’ve settled into Cairo to get my life back on track. We’d kept a frantic pace these past few weeks - late to bed, early to rise, rushing through 4,000 years of human history and as many pounds of hummus - and now I have a to-do list as long and unsightly as the Nile. There are too many friends I’ve been neglecting, t ... 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

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Christopher Vourlias

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Chris is an avid traveler and hypercaffeinated writer, criss-crossing the globe and occasionally remembering to call home. Follow me at postcardjunky.wordpress.com. UPDATE, 22 January 2010: For those of you - both of you? - who have been following this blog off and on (mostly off) for the past few years, it's time to officially put it on a permanent hiatus. As much as I love these nutty little essays about my time on the road, they're just a bit too time-consuming to keep up with, given the demands of my freelance work. So for now, my dear TravelBlog, it's time to say adieu, though ... full info

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