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Anth Outside the Funery Temple of Hatshepsut  
   

Anth Outside the Funery Temple of Hatshepsut

Ancient Wonders, Modern Guilt

March 19th 2008
'In short, if there's a holiday hell on earth, Hurghada is it. Visit at your peril and avoid it if you can. Crammed with drunk package tourists, hundreds of tacky and environmentally disastrous resorts, overpriced souvenir shops and money grabbing conmen. This is tourism gone terribly, terribly wrong." ~ The Lonely Planet ~ Whoa! The Lonely Planet holds no punches! Luckily however, I ... read more
Africa » Egypt

Egyptian Flag 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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