A local hitching a ride

Abu Simbel and Cruisin' the Nile

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June 30th 2008
From Cairo we took a 14 hour, overnight train to Aswan in Southern Egypt. The city did not have any ancient pyramids or temples but it is where we were going to start our trip up the Nile. We also had the option of taking a 30 minute plane to Abu Simbel, which are twin temples carved out the mountainside as a monument for Pharaoh Ramesses II and his queen Nefertari during the 13th century BC. T ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Aswan

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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