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Cruising the Nile - Luxor to Aswan

May 28th 2010
Cruising the Nile. Egypt. Luxor to Aswan. May 17th - May 24th 2010 We pass a memorable landmark today, with this, our 100th blog, sitting on the Nile - watching the scenery float by. Agatha Christie may have painted a worrying picture of cruising on the Nile, but it's not quite all doom and gloom. Iceland might still be sending clouds of volcanic ash over Europe creating chaos in t ... read more
Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

Egyptian Flag 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
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