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Egypt - Following the Nile

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January 3rd 2010
Cairo to Aswan So it's Sunday 3 Jan and I'm in Aswan, waiting to catch the ferry tomorrow to Wadi Halfa in the Sudan. The bike is already on another barge which (hopefully!) left yesterday and providing it doesn't sink should arrive in Wadi Halfa with us on Tuesday, although nobody can guarentee when either the passenger or vehicle ferry will get to Wadi Halfa. Insha'Allah it will get ... 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