Abu Simbel

March 24th 2008
We got the boat from Jordan into Nuweiba (which was late as usual) and arrived in Egypt at around 10pm. We then took a long bus ride which dumped us a few kilometers from our destination, Sharm El Sheikh because they weren't licensed to take us into town. Luckily, the guy that was with us was Jordanian and could speak Arabic and helped us get a taxi in the middle of nowhere. We got the taxi to a h ... 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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Rich & Jess

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Well we went away at Xmas 2006 for 6 weeks and went to New Zealand, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Sydney. We now have the travel bug so are hoping to go away early 2008. Where and How long for are unknown, but anywhere and everywhere we can afford. 3rd March 2008: start in Turkey for a week to visit Jess’ friend Rebecca. Then we are flying back to London (due to ticket restrictions) Depart London for Amman on the 11th March 08, going to Petra, Dead Sea, Wadi Rum then catching the Catamaran to Egypt, couple of buses and boats, and pyramids later we fly out of Cairo on t... full info

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