Mt Dew

First Week of Class Down

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May 6th 2010
2301 (GMT +3) Giza, Egypt In an effort to lead with my mistakes, I must confess that I've been posting on the wrong time zone. I've been noting the time zone as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) +2, when in fact it is now, and has been since my arrival, GMT +3. Not that it really matters for any practical purposes, but Cairo went into daylight savings time the night before I arrived, thus changing fr ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Giza

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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