On top of Mt Sinai before sunrise

This day was magic! The full moon set on one side while we waited. Can you imagine camels silhouetted on a ridge in front of the huge moon...wow! This is me with Mohamed, our really nice tour guide, freezing while we wait.

Egypt: Cairo, Giza, Sinai,

March 18th 2006
Hi everyone from Luxor where I've got a bit of spare time half way through my tour of Egypt so I'll do a bit of a blog before catching a train later this afternoon to start the Nile Cruise. Egypt has blown me away. The history here is mind boggling. I'm looking at stuff made by people 4-5000 years ago. What is amazing is that things like rope and cloth and paper look just like what we use today. ... read more

Africa » Egypt

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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