Obelisk of Tuthmosis

Luxor, Egypt

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July 5th 2009
July 5th: Sunrise on the Nile. Happy Birthday, Andrea! Good morning to the Sky god from a felucca on the Nile - pretty tough to beat this sunrise - has to be in our top five ever!! Man, do we all need a shower! Absolute zero wind required ninety minutes of towing to meet up with our landbased caravan that took us the final three hours to Luxor. Wow! HHI 6 at 10:00a.m. Does not b ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

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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