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Day 6 - Cairo

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August 30th 2008
We arrive early at Emad’s shop still a bit apprehensive about our back door tour. Our driver Abdul arrived and we headed out to Saqqara - Egypt’s oldest pyramid. On our way out we drove through some of the really old and poor sections of Cairo and it was a bit of an eye opener to see just how poor a lot of Egypt is. We are not sure how people drive here in Cairo as the traffic is absolutely ... 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