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L'Égypte est un pays chaud
en couleurs et en contrastes...
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L'Égypte… Un pays sec, désertique où l'eau est aussi rare et précieuse que l'or. Un pays émergent, désorganisé, musulman qui cherche à survivre avec ses petites ressources naturelles au milieu du désert. Chaotique, poussiéreux, mais très intéressant à découvrir, l'Égypte est un pays extraordinaire à visiter. Les touristes y viennent depuis plus de 1000 ans! |
'' Concerning Egypt I will now speak at lenght, because
nowhere
are there so many marvellous things of unspeakable greatness...''
Herodotus 100 B.C.
''It's not just the Pharaonic monuments that have drawn
travellers to this country since long before the birth of Christ - it's
the legacy of the Greeks, Romans and early Christians, and the profusion
of art and architecture accumulated from centuries of successive Islamic
dynasties. Some townsfolk dress in long flowing robes, others in Levis
and Reeboks, and city traffic competes with donkey-drawn carts and wandering
goats. Nowhere are these contrasts played out so colourfully as in Cairo,
a massive city thronged with people and ringing to the sound of car horns,
ghetto-blasters and muezzins summoning the faithful to prayer. Egypt isn't
all chaos and clatter, however. It's also a diver's dream dip, a trek
across the sands on a camel or a long lazy punt down the Nile.'' (Taken
from Lonely planet)
