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by afarrell 4430 days ago
Why Cairo? Why not Fort Mohave, Arizona?
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Sand in Cairo may be different from Arizona sand https://www.flickr.com/photos/bunnyfrogs/galleries/721576275...
Cairo may be more accessible from Amsterdam.
I'm not sure I wouldn't rather explain to Egyptian vs American immigration officials that I wanted to go out into the desert with a bunch of people and "build an experimental..."
I'm not sure you'd want to be a Westerner in the deserts of Egypt right now, either. It's not exactly a safe place.