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The Falucca

July 3rd 2008
One of the great pleasures of life in Egypt is an evening spent on a falucca floating on the Nile. We had our annual falucca ride two Saturday's ago (June 21st). A falucca is the name for the boat that sails the Nile. This is a pleasure for a couple of reasons. First (and foremost in my opinion) when you're floating on the Nile you feel the breeze and the cool air that you rarely feel anyplace ... read more
Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

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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