The Fish Garden

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May 23rd 2009
At the southern part of Zamalek is a park called the Fish Garden. It has concrete grottos where aquariums are supposed to be and landscaped gardens and we thought it might be a nice place to look around. As in other Egyptian parks, a small entry fee supposedly keeps away undesirables. Our first clue that something was amiss was when we were walking around it to the gate and came across someone ... 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