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Into the Sinai

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February 22nd 2009
Day 8 was a pretty slow day. We woke up late, got picked up by our drivers (apparently any long drives the government requires 2 of them), and travelled to St. Katherine, about 6 hours away, in the middle of the Sinai peninsula. The most interesting part of the day was when we were leaving Cairo and we saw hundreds of police lining the road we were on. The driver said that President Mubarak liv ... 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