Nile River

Views from our hotel, the night before we left Luxor. Despite the adventure, there wasn't much to photograph on our journey to Sharm El Sheikh. So, some Nile pics.

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Egypt 2011

January 30th 2011
Finally turned on the news last night. Internet never came back on, so no information there. Luckily, CNN was still broadcasting in our hotel room. Chaos in Cairo and Alexandria. Tanks in the streets, mass demonstrations, looting and roaming gangs in the suburbs. Reports of protesters and security forces killed. Mubarak appointed his former chief of Egypt's security service as Vice Presi ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

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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