Danice and I in the Muhammad Ali Mosque

"Will you be my wife?"

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December 30th 2005
Greetings from Cairo, home to many very friendly offers from Egyptian men. 😊 We arrived yesterday safe and sound and, after a death-defying, hold-your-breath-and-hope-to-survive taxi ride, found the hostel to be quite pleasant. We have already made a new friend. His name is Simon and he is from South Africa and has been in Cairo for a week or so and knew a lot about the area already so ... 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