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A Long Way Down

The view into the Pyramid...that niether Kirk nor I took...especially after a Scottish gentleman came up all sweaty and said there is nothing to see. Kirk then said: "I'm not going down there even if Tutenkamen himself is there shaking hands!"
Cairo

May 15th 2006
I had to take Iberia Airlines to get to Cairo, so I first flew to Madrid and then on to Cairo. I was detained shortly at Egyptian immigration but it was nothing...although for a brief moment I thought about Midnight Express and I began to sweat. But I was cleared to enter and off I went....into the wild, busy world that is Cairo. I was immediatedly accosted by the very aggressive cab driver ... read more
Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

Egyptian Flag 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
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