Egypt 020207D

Egypt

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February 2nd 2007
Met the other group members Jan and Doug at breakfast this morning. Afterwards, our local guide Ola took us on the Cairo underground train to visit the Giza pyramids and Sphinx. We spent a few amazing hours learning about these awesome structures and being harrassed by all the souvenier scalpers. One young guy even offered dad a dowry of five thousand camels to marry me. He was obviously joking, b ... 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