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Day 1 Cairo

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December 30th 2006
Everytime I go to places considered "far off exotic" I am always amazed how easy it is to get there. Sure, its a lot of time on an airplane, but the reality is, after one weirdly long day, most of which is spent in a sleepy plane coma, there you are in (fill in the blank) exotic place, dressed in the same clothes with the same headache you had when you left home. Anyway, Bryan made it with the ... 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