The Citadel

This is one of those awesome photos from atop the minaret, known as Bab Zuweila. Bab meaning Gate, this was originally the Southern gate of Cairo.

22 million people, a few mosques and a whole lot of smog

March 20th 2007
Well going back to leaving Alexandria, it went fairly smoothly and I managed to successfully avoid the dodgy eggs they served up for breakfast again (the egg yokes really shouldn't be blackish once cooked right?) and headed to the train station. After a fairly relaxing 4 hour train ride, I caught a taxi to my hotel. Again I didn't think I would survive it because a) the driver was coughing up bloo ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

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

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