tired on the bus

Pyramids & Sphynx

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March 27th 2006
March 27th, 2006, Day 81 of our cruise of 105 At sea after Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt Day started at 5:30 am The local police band was playing loudly outside our stateroom by 6am- good for us as we had to get up- some were not so pleased. Convoy of many buses left shortly after 7 for the Pyramids- 3 hours away Awesome My favorite visual memories are of the very armed policemen on white ... 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