In flight to Amsterdam

Thursday

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January 27th 2011
Wow, where do I begin. Yesterday was a wild day. We were supposed to fly Delta to JFK to get our connection to Cairo. Needless to say, another winter storm hit and closed all flights. We were scrambling to try to find an alternate way to get to Cairo. With the help of Stuart, Howard’s son, a Delta pilot, we were totally rerouted. One minute we are trying to figure out how we were going to get t ... 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