Watching the sunrise

Cairo to Mt Sinai

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September 3rd 2008
Wednesday 3rd September After a leisurely morning at our hotel we were collected by Anwar and Randa at noon for our overnight trip to St Catherines. Anwar continued his racing car driver stunts, somehow he seemed to be able to see an extra lane in the highway that Ron and I couldn’t as we squeezed through the traffic. The drive took around 5 hours, we went under the Suez Canal and then follo ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Sinai

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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