Traveling to Lose the Misery

The Egyptian city of Giza (Giza also sometimes called) is located on the west bank of the Nile and is closely bound up with the country’s capital, Cairo, whose center is only 20 miles away. According to a calculation made in 2005 2,443,203 people live in Giza, Giza, which, behind Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt is the third largest city. Although the city is so close to Cairo, it is the capital of a separate province, also named Giza or in Arabic al-Gizah.
The city has seen it all the time, especially by the various conquerors, some changes. This has been improved, notably by the British, the city’s infrastructure, in the form of roads, paths and buildings. Contrary to many assumptions Giza is not just desert, so there could also over time develop a thriving center for the Egyptian culture.
Today is world famous Giza built for several thousand years ago Pyramids of Giza, which are one of the Seven Wonders of the World. These attract millions of tourists annually and is the main reason why the Egyptian government put large amounts of money in upgrading the infrastructure of the city.
Giza itself has, despite the many tourists do not own International Airport, which is why, if you arrive by plane, landing at the airport in Cairo. Most tourists arrive by air but not to Giza, but are in the Red Sea and make a day trip to Cairo and Giza. Even traveling across the country, often with a Nile cruise and a final beach vacation are offered.

Alexandria
The region around Alexandria, was inhabited from about 2700 to 2200 BC. The actual city of Alexandria, however, was only founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great and was, although located in Upper Egypt, to Greece. Today, the port city on the Nile delta is home to approximately 3.87 million inhabitants, making Alexandria the second largest city in Egypt is.
The two most important bodies of the ancient world were the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Great Library of Alexandria. Both, however, no longer exist today, but are still very popular.
Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Lighthouse of Alexandria was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and was on the island of Pharos, in the Mediterranean off Alexandria, which is why the tower is called the Pharos of Alexandria. Due to the great age unfortunately not all the details of the lighthouse have been preserved, but it is assumed that he had a height of 115 to (more…)

The Nile is 6671 kilometers long is the longest river in Africa and the second longest river in the world. It has its source in the mountains of Rwanda and Burundi and flows through the territories of six countries: Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan and Egypt. He joins Egypt in the Mediterranean and is just for Egypt, a huge economic and historical importance dar.
The course of the Nile
The Nile is composed of two different tributaries, the Blue Nile and White Nile, the White Nile is much longer than the Blue Nile. Meanwhile, one is gone so to say that this is only the Blue Nile is a tributary.
The White Nile is made up of the Burundian source river Luvironza-Ruvuvu-Ruvusu-Akagera and the Rwandan source river Rukarara-Nyabarongo. When the rivers are gathered together are called the River Akagera Nile, which flows into Lake Victoria. The Victoria is a former artificial lake that was now converted into a reservoir. From here, the Nile flows into Lake Albert, which is why (more…)

The Mediterranean

When called Mediterranean, actually European Mediterranean, is a 2.5 million square kilometers of ocean with a maximum depth of 5267 meters. It lies between the continents of Europe (north), Asia (East) and Africa (west). Characteristic of the Mediterranean, is that it is hardly connected to the other oceans. The most important connection is because the Strait of Gibraltar, linking the Mediterranean with the Atlantic Ocean and at the narrowest point only 14 kilometers wide. It is also on the Dardanelles, the Marmara Sea and connected the Bosporus to the Black Sea. By 1869, there is still a connection to the Red Sea on the man-made Suez Canal.
Salinity
The Mediterranean Sea has around 38 per thousand with a higher salt content than most other oceans. This is a consequence of the large evaporation while the low inflow of fresh water from rivers. As a consequence, there are (more…)

The History of Ancient Athens
Athens, Greece, and today the capital of the administrative district of Attica, the center of intellectual and cultural life, the seat of government and economic center of Greece, is inhabited since 5000 years continuously.
The city on the coastal plain of the Saronic Gulf, was founded by King Cecrops I.. He joined the original inhabitants of Attica and built the castle Kekrupia on the Acropolis. In the shadow of the ancient Athens was beginning to take shape. By 7 Century BC. the fate of certain kings of Athens. When the Attica peninsula was united to the city state of Athens, took the needle to power. The government consisted of nine archons. In the hands of the priests, generals, legislators and judges were from now on the political rights throughout Athens. Soon came the entire agricultural land in the possession of these few nobles. The status of the farmers, however, more and more resembled the lawless helots of Sparta. The internal tensions were growing. The farmers got into debt bondage. Many were forced to leave the country. (more…)

The Red Sea
The Red Sea is a narrow strait between the Arabian Peninsula and Northeast Africa. It has a length of 2240 kilometers and is up to 2604 meters deep. Especially popular is the Red Sea for divers who find there over 2000 kilometers of coral reef, with pleasant temperatures all year round.
The Anreiner States of the Red Sea, especially Egypt and Saudi Arabien.Rotes sea More Anreiner with significantly smaller coastal areas are Israel, Jordan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Yemen and Sudan. The Red Sea is the boundary between the continental plates of Africa and Arabia, with the result that the states move to the north each year by 0.8 centimeters by 1.6 centimeters in the south and away from each other. This will mean that will form within a few million years in the region is an ocean that separates the Red Sea.
The Red Sea has only a natural connection to another sea. This is the Strait of Bab al-Mandab (German “Gate of Tears), the only 27 kilometers wide and 130 feet deep and connects the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean. Furthermore, with the Suez Canal, an artificial connection exists to the Mediterranean. Since the Red Sea has no tributaries, and to organize exchange of water with other seas is very limited, it has a salt content of 42 per thousand, what else is on the Mediterranean, and very few nutrients. This is hardly growing plankton in the Red Sea and there is little more dirt, so that the view is very good, which of course is for divers in addition to the 2,000 km coral reef popular.
Environmental damage
In particular, before the tourist center of Hurghada on the coral reefs have severe damage. This is the one offered by the various dive safaris for tourists, on the other, from the management of waste water into the Red Sea and wild anchors. It can occur in many boats anchored in a place that large pieces out of a coral reef is broken. But the very popular game fish destroys coral reefs and to native species and animal populations.

The geographical composition of the Sinai has helped promote this kind of tourism in the deserts and valleys of the Sinai.  Several programs are run safari tours in the beautiful mountains of Sinai, particularly on St. Catherine.

Indeed, the region most famous for this kind of tourism is that the barrel colored, composed of a series of mountain rocks characterized by rare bright colors and multiple. Other mountains attracts tourists who like safari tours, such as: the mountains of Wadi Watir, near Ein Fortaka Noweibaa on the road, Sainte Catherine, Mount Wadi Orada, true site of attraction for hundreds of tourists , lovers of safari and camping. Other programs provide Safari Tour of valleys and some water sources celebrated as the source of Al Kadirat Al Kassim, the source of Om Ahmed, the source of Fortaka and water sources and the valleys of the Firan Oasis. (more…)