Evening market, old Islamic Cairo

Easy Giza

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November 26th 2009
I awake well in advance of my 6am bus to Cairo. Despite the erroneous directions of my hostel's chef (one of the myriad Mohammeds I meet in Egypt), whose ponderous and distracted style of speech makes him appear permanently stoned, I successfully find and board the bus. I plonk myself down next to an American girl, A, not out of any great desire to converse with another traveller at my least alert ... 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