It's Time to Cruise the River Nile 3. The desert

It's Time to Cruise the River Nile

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June 14th 2010
CONVOY TIME AGAIN We need to leave at 8:30 this morning to join the convoy back to Aswan from Abu Simbel. When we check out of the hotel, the guy in reception tries to give us a crash course in how to write in Arabic, it looks so nice but I think it would take a long time to learn. For the first time ever I am given a true gift. I bought a badge from the shop at the hotel and he gave me a fr ... 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