Erin and his Mate

The Dreaded Fence

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May 19th 2009
Today Erin took me to "Al-Magsaliya" which is where the deaf school and Vocational Training Centre is located in Old Cairo and where Erin is building the fence for the hospital. We rode the Metro, where I discovered the proper name for the area is "Al-Malek As-Saleh". The Metro (subway) has a flat rate of one Egyptian pound (about 30c) and is the best way to get around Cairo. You seldom get a s ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

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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