WESTERN DESERT

CAIRO AND THE WESTERN DESERT OASES

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August 21st 2008
Left Luxor and headed towards Cairo via the Western desert. Off to a bad start, we were kind of lost and at an intersection Tony asked someone from a restaurant/stop point which way do we go and they pointed us the wrong way heading to Cairo but not via the deserts, so the day was spent going round and round, in one town we got stopped by police and refuses to let us through to get back from where ... 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