Abu Simbel

Cruisin Down the Nile

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May 9th 2006
So many days on the river...here is a quick update. FIRST...forgot to mention my 'new experience' the second day in Cairo. It was around 5:00pm I left the hotel and walked into a grocery, was there for about 15 minutes, when I walked out the sky was a bright orange haze. Could hardly see the street...it was a sand storm! A bad one too! They had to cancel incoming flights. It was difficult to wa ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt

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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