Shut up and kiss me.

Say What You See

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September 13th 2012
I stood there staring at a Cairo airport coffee machine, like maybe if I look at it hard enough, long enough, it'll take mercy on my sick soul and pour me a cup of espresso. My tummy is rumbling and all my joints ache and I hold only three Egyptian pounds in my hand. The cheapest coffee from this machine is five pounds. Then I was saved. With a shaved head and a kilt, he would look like Phara ... read more

Africa » Egypt

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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