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Sacrifice Day, all around

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January 2nd 2007
To be honest, we really didn't accomplish much today... slept in, ate breakfat late, etc. It WAS time to transfer hotels though - from our relative palace on the Nile for ???? (?). We weren't sure what was ahead. Nobody had heard of this hotel - so we eventually hopped into a cab who nodded his head knowingly... he had heard of it! He proceeded to drive us all around Cairo asking other people o ... 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