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First Clue

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February 6th 2007
I am going to make a lot of people back home jeaulous when I say that I have walked in sunshine in short trousers, after the freshness of Cairo I am glad to be headed south for it is, in daytime, nice and warm here!!!! I didn't do much today, some walking, some reading...some sleeping on the roof of the Hotel. But I made all the arrangements for the next week. So tomorrow I will be picked up a ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Aswan

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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