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Letter from Egypt: CC Bob McEwen, on a three-week trip
Bob McEwen, on a three-week trip to Israel & Egypt during May with Vantage Travel writes to his “kids”:
24May09
Today were on Lake Nasser, where the Russian-built High Dam has created what now covers 26% of Egypt’s land mass and is as much as 280 feet deep. It is a protected area and no industry is allowed along its shores to avoid pollution. We stopped at an island, formerly a mountain top, where a fortress, Qasr Ibrim, built about 2,000 years before Christ seems to be a roost for a family of birds about the size of Bald Eagles. We were not allowed ashore as it is being reconstructed.