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Holy Land and Egypt

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February 28th 2016
Never in a million years did I think I would be standing in front of the Great Pyramids of Egypt, much less climbing up in one of them! What an experience, but not for someone who couldn't climb straight up while bent over at the waist! Once you made it ot the top, you had to get back down the same way....bent over and climbing very narrow steps of sorts. Some tried it backwards and other frontwar ... 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