Me and Grandma Mae

I made it to Cairo!

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March 28th 2010
Well, I made it! My flights were both quite enjoyable, especially my flight with Turkish Airlines. If you ever have the change, I highly recommend it! As you can see from my picture, the in-seat screens featured not only movies and television shows (including Bones!) but also video games! Have you ever heard of such a thing? They had little remotes that looked very much like the Nintendo cont ... 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