Stairway to Kom Ombo

Kom Ombo, Edfu & Luxor

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January 15th 2011
10th Jan - Day 101 The plan was for a 6am start, we would sail across to the other bank, where we would have brekky and Stu would pick us up in the truck, the plan to get away by 7:30am. We got up and to the other side, not much wind to help with that though, we packed up our gear and Stu found us so we loaded the truck and then once the other feluccas arrived we all had brekky on one boat and w ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

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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