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Egypt!!!

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August 7th 2009
A word or two from Egypt, After the worst possibly array of flight connections, delays, and airports, my mom and I arrived in Cairo, Egypt. We stepped out into an oven, haggard, into the bright, hot daylight. We were pegged immediately. Swarmed by bartering taxi drivers, all offering us inflated prices to our hotel. I began bargaining, but felt meek in the heat with the sheer exhaustion of over ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt

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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