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Holy Land and Egypt

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February 25th 2016
We left Jerusalem bright and early. Our usual routine one this trip is up by 6:30, breakfast at 7:00 board bus by 8-8:30. Today we were up at 5:30, breakfast at 6:00, bus pulled out by 7:10. This was going to be a long day. It took 5 hours driving time to get to the border of Egypt. We drove down by the Dead Sea and then off in the desert of Israel. There weren't many places to stop. We did howeve ... 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