>Are your eyes rimmed with kohl? Rimmed with kohl and filled with wonder. Egypt was more than I even dreamed--it was like a voyage to the dawn of history. The streets of downtown Cairo have donkey carts loaded with crates of chickens, bicycle vendors with tomatoes, modern limos jousting with camel riders, a riot of life. At the south border, at Abu Simbel, there is only desert, water, giant stones, and the river leading to the end of the earth, the Sudan. Incredible. Continue -> |