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May 29, 2005

Birthday Bonanza

Cairo, Egypt Sunday, May 29 to Tuesday, June 1, 2005: Sunday was my birthday and I was determined to spend it in style or, if that failed, spend it spending some money. Coming up on the train early that morning...

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May 28, 2005

Leaving Luxor

Luxor, Egypt Saturday, May 28, 2005: In short, I took a day tour of Luxor's west bank including the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, Colossi of Memnon and the Temple of Hatshepsut. There are plenty of other...

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May 27, 2005

McDetox Days

Luxor, Egypt Thursday, May 26 and Friday, May 27, 2005: On Thursday KC and I checked right the hell out of the Luxor Wena Hotel and headed down a series of narrow winding alleys into the local Egyptian streets of...

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May 25, 2005

Karnak the Magnificent

Luxor, Egypt Wednesday, May 25, 2005: Before visiting the massive temple complex of Karnak, I made a couple of semi-psychic predictions that would awe and impress. Meeting KC in the crumbling husk of the Wena Luxor Hotel's gigantic main lobby,...

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May 24, 2005

Tea and Cakes and Isis

Aswan, Egypt Tuesday, May 24, 2005: I was hungover when I got up at 10:00. KC was feeling worse, however. Her unspecified medical problem was unspecifically unimproved. "I might need to go to a hospital," she told me. I doubted...

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May 23, 2005

Nubia Night on the Nile

Aswan, Egypt Monday (evening), May 23, 2005: Right. So. Ahem. While at the Temples of Ramses at Abu Simbel KC came down with a rather unpleasant medical problem of sorts. Since it would be somewhat cruel and embarassing to say...

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Ozymandias Mania

Aswan and Abu Simbel, Egypt Monday, May 23, 2005: Lets begin with a little 19th Century poetry: "I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them...

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May 22, 2005

Khan Al-Khalili and the Night Train to Nubia (Part 2 of 2)

Cairo and Aswan, Egypt Saturday, May 21 to Sunday, May 22, 2005: The "Wagon-Lit Sleeper" train from Cairo to Aswan is not too shabby at all. For $52 you get a space in a double room with spacious seats that...

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Khan Al-Khalili and the Night Train to Nubia (Part 1 of 2)

Cairo and Aswan, Egypt Saturday, May 21 to Sunday, May 22, 2005: Saturday morning was spent running errands. After packing our bags and leaving them with the manager at the Berlin Hotel (who continuously asked about Mohamed and whether we...

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May 20, 2005

Ancient Egypt Overload

Cairo, Egypt Friday, May 20, 2005: If you spent 1 minute looking at each piece in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo you would spend about 9 months there. You would also be a really big loser. KC and I reached...

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May 19, 2005

The 100,000 Camel Pyramids

Cairo, Egypt Thurday, May 19, 2005: So: The Pyramids. The Great Pyramids of Giza. They're big... Really big. And old... Really old. And while most of you probably already know this --- unless you're spectacularly stupid, of course (hey Jimmy!)...

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May 18, 2005

Nungwi to Nairobi to Khartoum to Cairo

Zanzibar, Tanzania to Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, May 18, 2005: After a final night out at the bars with the Spanish and a couple of Italians, KC and I woke up at 4 AM and caught a 5 AM taxi to...

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