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The warm summer sun ever falls most heavily on the country. However, there is no place in the world where glare look more like the Astro Solar North African land of Egypt. Under the light of the almighty sun god Ra, the Egyptian desert sands are spread across the country as a thin and delicate golden savannah.

This place still removed in every nook and artwork throughout the ancient wisdom and knowledge acquired by the ancient Egyptians thousands of years before our time, from his warm cloak of heavenly contemplation illuminated by starlight.

Its capital, Cairo, focusing some 16,000 inhabitants approximately as reported by the Tourism Office, Österreichisches country. The language used in Arabic is the official way, but facing the tourists many of its citizens turn to foreign visitors in English, French or Spanish. To purchase exotic items that focus on their markets needs to have the Egyptian pound as currency.

Despite the conflicts that have surrounded the northern country of the forgotten continent in recent years, the truth is that its inhabitants are accustomed to seeing foreign faces on their land long, so tend to respect Western ways. In fact, one of the cornerstones for this country is tourism, thanks to which even managed to survive economic difficulties.

At the same time, like any country, Egypt holds very different customs to be respected when traveling to a country of such characteristics. For example, women are not allowed to enter mosques in shorts. Another tradition is to remove your shoes when entering these sacred sites. In fact, some mosques provide women tourists cloth slippers to put over their shoes. Read the rest of this entry »