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Cairo, literally “The Vanquisher” or “The Conqueror”, is the capital of Egypt. Nicknamed “The City of a Thousand Minarets” for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region’s political and cultural life, associated with Ancient Egypt due to its proximity to the Great Sphinx and the pyramids in adjacent Giza. One of the […]
Cancelled trip to Egypt as per advice from UK Foreign Office, means travel here is now dead until peace is restored. Three hours into my flight the captain announces we are diverted to Athens. Later it is confirmed the flight landed due to a bomb scare as reported by the BBC. The rising unrest in Egypt and […]
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