Sphinx with the Pyramids in the background

The Never ending city of Cairo

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April 23rd 2011
Well…sleep on an airplane is hard when you have a big person next to you and you can’t really move. Tuesday morning I got up at six oclock sharp and over the next two days did not get much sleep, now I sleep a lot more. I was able to meet up and have a coffee with my friend Sahia once I arrived in Calgary, it was brief but good. Of course, for my nine hour flight from Calgary to Frankfurt I ... 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