Citadel of Salah Al-Din

Alexandria/Cairo 26th Dec - Day 1

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December 28th 2009
Hi everyone, Well what a full two days we had mainly in Cairo!! First of all we were up at 5.30am and ready to hit the buses at 6.45am - which we all did - about 15 busloads - couldn't leave Alexandria Port until the fog lifted around 11am!! Horrible for a lot of people who were going to different places and had their trips cancelled. It took 3 hours to get to Cairo - thank God it was an ... 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