Cairo airport

Heading home

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March 28th 2011
Geo: 30.0982, 31.2461Flight leaves on time and despite our concerns at flying with Air Egypt everything is fine and we arrive in Cairo on schedule after decent food and a good sleep. About 2 hours on the ground here at an almost deserted airport and we catch our next flight to London Heathrow which once again was fine and on time.Unusually the immigration hall at Heathrow was empty and we were ... 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