Collosus of Ramses II at Memphis.

It's all fun and games until you have to bribe the Tourist Police.

---

December 31st 2007
We rolled into Cairo on the 26th of November after a wonderful 4AM flight from Nairobi (oh how I love budget travel). After getting acquainted with traffic and the lack of road rules on the drive from the airport we found our hostel and got familiar with this home of 20 million people. The next day we went to the areas of Saqqara, Memphis, and Giza outside of the city with Hamish, our new A ... 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