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| With our first full day of
touring Sakkarah and Memphis Anne and I boarded the bus for the return
trip to the hotel at Giza. It wasn't very far, perhaps an hour away,
and gave us the opportunity to view life on the Nile Delta today.
As you may have gathered from the previous pages poverty is abundant
throughout Egypt. The peoples of Egypt are definitely separated into
distinct classes with the poor making up the majority of the population.
Traveling through Egypt is like taking a trip back in time. You will
see and experience things that you don't really believe exist in today's
modern world but, here in Egypt, they are commonplace. Below are several
pictures taken along the Nile Delta not far from Cairo showing what
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Life springs from the Nile River
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| The Nile is truly one of the magnificent rivers on Earth. With its source deep within the African continent the Nile makes its way to the Mediterranean Sea through what is the heart of modern day Egypt, and where she flows she has allowed civilization to flourish for centuries. It's amazing to ride along the Nile River and view the vast desert laying on either side and, yet, where its waters touch you see lush, green fields and crops growing. It has certainly brought life to an area that would otherwise be dead and desolate without her life-giving waters. However, life along the Nile cannot be easy. As shown by these pictures it's at best a primitive society with few modern machines to assist in cultivating the land. |
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Join us on the next page as we ride a camel to the base of the great pyramids at Giza, the pyramid of Cheops.
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