One day travelogue to Cairo citadel.... (full story) (20 photos)

Egypt is the fifteenth most populous country in the world. The vast majority of its 78.8 million population (2006)[1] live near the banks of the Nile River (about 40,000 km² or 15,450 sq miles) where the only arable agricultural land is found. Large areas of land form part of the Sahara Desert and are sparsely inhabited. Around half of Egypt's residents live in urban areas, with the majority spread across the densely populated centres of greater Cairo (the largest city in Africa and the Middle East), Alexandria and other major towns in the Nile Delta.... (full story) (15 photos)

My sister and I spent eleven days in Egypt in January of 2006. We took in ancient ruins, desert, and sea. This is a collection from that trip. (8 photos)