Ashwan Market

Engaging Egypt!

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December 24th 2009
Sorry for the delay in this post. We had all of our planning done up to and including Egypt before we left, but nothing after that. So once we had access to the internet, most of my time has gone to making preparations for Greece and Thailand at the expense of staying on top of the blog. Our third country in Africa is Egypt. Nicolas chose this stop on our tour because of the pyramids he lear ... 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