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Saqqara & The Step Pyramid of Djoser

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, December 1, 2009,

I love seeing things in person that I feel are things that can be dubbed as "you only see in books." I think that's part of why I love traveling so much. I love to go places and actually see these things in person to know what it's all about, opposed to just turning the pages in anoth

er book. One of the greatest kicks I've had in traveling though was when I was at Saqqara in Egypt with my friend Brian.

To explain, I read at least one book about the history of a country I'm visiting befo...

The Cairo Tower

Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, September 24, 2009,

The Cairo Tower was my first stop on my trip to Egypt with my friend Brian. We checked into our hotel right across the Nile River from the 610 foot tall structure, dropped off ou

r bags, and made for where the best views of Cairo can be found. And we were anything but disappointed.

Before my trip to Egypt I read that the Cairo Tower, which looks like a lotus with its latticework design, was the second most visited site in Cairo. I found this hard to believe with all of the wonderful things ...

Egypt ~ 2005

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,

I had a hard time thinking on where to go after Antarctica since I knew anywhere it'd be would most certainly be a let down. Only three places came to mind as I debated. They were China, Peru and...

Egypt was a really interesting country and not totally what I had expected. But, when only seeing Discovery Channel specials and reading about it in magazines and books, I had a very narrow view of the country and wasn't totally sure as to what I should expect.

I knew I'd see amazing things like t...