Captain Abdul

Salaam aleikwhom?

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December 6th 2009
Peace is certainly not upon me in Luxor. It would seem not all of Africa's top predators operate at dusk. The Egyptian streets are infested with voracious, hyena-like touts, and the Luxorian variety surely cannot be matched for cunning, capacity for deceit, or infuriating insistence by any of its Egyptian or even worldwide counterparts. I am not exaggerating when I say that almost every word spoke ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Aswan

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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