Me and the Giza Pyramids

Egypt 2011

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January 27th 2011
Our tour guide, Melanie, met us in the hotel lobby. Our destination was Giza, again. This time we were to ride horses around the pyramids. T's experience with horses is long. She grew up in Canada on a ranch. Her family owned them and she rode them throughout childhood and adolescence. My experience is much less extensive. I've ridden a few times, mostly on docile animals that could have pr ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Giza

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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