Happy kids in front of the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops)

Cairo

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April 9th 2010
After Mt Sinai, it was a long bus ride to Cairo (about 8 hours) the home of McDonald’s and KFC delivery! Cairo is mad, there are about 20 million people here. It reminds us a little of India but with better infrastructure and less rubbish. The driving here is insane, there don’t seem to be any road rules, driving in a lane a completely foreign idea, it seems better to be in the lane furthest a ... 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