Heading out

Sailing Down the Nile

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February 6th 2009
We got up in good time today and, after breakfast on our rooftop patio, picked up our laundry from the front desk and packed for our two day trip down the Nile. We ended up getting to our departure point, the Aswan Moon Restaurant, a good hour before our twelve o'clock departure time. After loading all of our suitcases onto Mahmod's Felucca, Evy and I went back off to the old town to buy some post ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Aswan

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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