CIMG4724

Ancient Egypt at last...

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January 7th 2011
Saturday 1st January - Day 92 – Cairo So, after 4 hours of flying, we finally arrived in Cairo at 4pm local time. We had booked a transfer to our hotel, so were always looking for our names on boards as we walked through the airport. The instructions said that they would meet before we got our visas, but not to be, so we bought our entry visas and changed some money, went through passport contro ... 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