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Pyramids and Hiltons

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July 19th 2008
Back in Egypt! Well, it's been three years since I landed at Cairo Airport and somehow found myself extending my four night stay to a one month tour of Egypt. Cairo is still all madness and heat! Mark and I booked a nice tour in an aircon minibus for the day of pyramids - I can't tell you what a difference it is sitting in luxury with our personal tourguide all to ourselves. This is as o ... 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