If there is one place on earth that seems to belong to everyone, it is Egypt. Mystical, magical and eternal, Egypt is a part of the world's collective conscience. Ask anyone about Egypt and they seem to 'know' this place, even if they have never been there.
Like most visitors, I arrived with memories - combinations of school studies, stories from friends, novels and old movies - of a land that I had never seen and expectations from a country and its people of a place that previously existed only in some vague dreams. What I found was an intriguing combination of expectations and surprises. Egypt is both modern and ancient; relaxed and exciting; crowded and quiet; vibrant and subdued; subtle and outgoing.
To read "Life on the Nile" by Jim Thompson (photos by Ryker Lomas) CLICK HERE.
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