Tash A Christian Monastery

Unbelievable Egypt

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August 30th 2008
This country is truely unreal... We arrived into the hussle and bustle of Cairo both nervous and excited about our adventure ahead. We had a 15day Pyramids & Beaches tour booked through Topdeck. We were relieved when we arrived at Cairo airport that the Topdeck rep was there to help us with our visas ($15US) and take us to our hotel. Cairo is a big, dusty concrete jungle and hard to beli ... 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