Busy shopping street in Khan el Khalili

Khan el Khalili

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December 15th 2006
After leaving the laid back felucca, we spent 11 hours in Luxor, showering and shopping. From Luxor we jumped aboard the train to Cairo. The train took about 9 hours to reach Cairo, during which we discovered that toilets on Egyptian trains take a lot of courage to use. I was not that brave... Once in Cairo we got into vegetative travel mode - the state of mind where you are so tired from 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