the dunes

Weekends of Sand

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March 22nd 2008
Things are heating up! The warm weather has finally arrived!!! It has seemed that the weather was really not at all what one would picture in Egypt for the last 4 months...thankfully it changed in the blink of an eye and I am now pink, freckly and very very happy!! Last weekend, I had the opportunity to try out a new sport: Sandboarding!!! of course with everything here being an adventure, I ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Red Sea

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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