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Sun, Sea and Sand....

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November 1st 2007
Hello everyone! I thought I'd write again as I fancied an hour of sitting in a room with air con! Since writing last, I left hectic Cairo (biggest city in Africa - 18 million) and headed to Alexandria (2nd biggest city in Egypt)! And it started to feel like a holiday with the sea on my doorstep. I had a lovely walk along the coastline on my first day - and I bumped into a Sir Alan Sugar lookalike, ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Mediterranean » Alexandria

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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