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Running through Egypt: Family visit

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June 1st 2009
After having both of their flights cancelled in December, my family successfully arrived in Cairo at around 3:00am in April. Although Cairo is The city that never sleeps , at 3:00am there are very few souls awake. A couple days before my family arrived, my coworker laughed when I read off my family’s itinerary to him. In only 8 days, my family and I managed to cover the major things in ... read more

Africa » 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