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Back to Cairo and Beyond

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August 21st 2011
Tad and I planned to make a stop in Tanta, one of the largest cities in the Nile Delta and we bought a train ticket to Tanta with the plan for an overnight, but when we arrived in Tanta, we had a hard time finding a place to stay. We asked around and ended up at a hotel that was asking something like 450 LE per night (~$80), way out of our price range. Our hope had been to stay somewhere in the ... 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