Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة), which means "The Vanquisher" or "The Triumphant", is the capital city of Egypt. Cairo was founded in AD 969 and is the sixteenth most populous metropolitan area in the world, as well as the most populous metropolitan area in Africa .
Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the Nile River in the north of Egypt.
Must-Sees in Cairo!:
- The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world.
Cross the Golden Gate from San Francisco into Sausalito. The Presidio Yacht Club is located in Horseshoe Cove near the Bay Area Discovery Museum (for children).
Located just to the southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge, Baker Beach is apart of the area known as The Presidio. This stunning stretch of beach offers a great view of the landmark Golden Gate Bridge.
Arching gracefully across the New River, the bridge has the world's longest single arch steel span. At 876 feet above the New River, it is the second highest bridge in this country.
Patona's bridge in Kiev, Ukraine on the river Dnepr (Dnipro) that join left and right banks of Kiev. Also, the first ferroconcrete bridge named by the name of his architect.
Located just outside of Paulding, Michigan, Bond Falls is one of the more impressive waterfalls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Controlled by a dam, Bond Falls' main drop is 40 feet high and over 100 feet wide.
The Golden Gate Bridge is a world-famous suspension bridge completed in 1937. It is part of US 101, and it connects the City of San Francisco to Marin County and the rest of the northern California coast.
The natural air conditioning system that San Francisco's fog provides engulfs the Golden Gate bridge most afternoons, providing very dramatic temperature changes, and leaving the tourists running to the shops to buy more clothes.
Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the US. It crosses the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Located at the banks of the Terek River, this hotel used as a "base" for the Russian army during the Beslan Hostage Crisis (see Wikipedia entry of the same name).