Preparing for Transport

55 Miles Down the Nile

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August 28th 2006
First things first, the whole 55 mile statistic is more or less a vague estimate based on using my thumb and the scale in the Lonely planet book. I had noticed lately that my blog titles were rather unimpressive and thus attempted something a tad more poetic. My time in the desert came to an exciting close when my cab from the bus station ran out of gas en route to downtown Cairo from the "bus s ... 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