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How to Produce International Driving License in Egypt

It’s super easy.

First Step

Go to Traffic Administration in  Nasr City (Arabic: Edaret Elmorour El3ama  or  ادارة المرور العامة) that is right next to Mosque of Rabea elAdaweya (Arabic: جامع رابعة العدوية) and issue a slip of paper from them that you

Los Angeles

Disney Concert Hall - Downtown LA

Due to the fact of its being geographically large and extremely scattered, Los Angeles is sometimes accused of not being a city: "I think it is very wrong to call Los Angeles a 'city of many centers' - I only wish it was"

Morocco

Wedding

A beautiful point on earth where the north meets the south and west meets the east. A beautiful peace of earth, you feel the magic of the place as soon as you step down on its land.

That place has its own unique culture, very tourist friendly, especially to Egyptians. Dare you speak in Egyptian dialect, you will never be left alone. Being offered home stays for free, dinners, free tours, all kind of advice any tourist would ever dream of.

New York

New York City is the largest city in the State of New York, USA. That makes the State similar to a Governorate in Egypt and like a Governorate is divided to Qisms, the State is divided to "counties". Each county may have one or more Cities like New York (but rarely on the same size). NYC (abbreviation to New York City) in fact is unusually made

London

One of the largest Capital cities of West Europe. It's museums, business district and buzzing downtown shows the remains of one of the largest empires humans ever had. London with its larger extent (Greater London) is the most populous city in EU at 2006 estimated at 7.5 millions in about 1500 Sq Km (as per Office for National Statistics).

How to do cycling in Cairo

To see a group of guys and girls going cycling in Egypt is not a rare sight any more and there are now many ways to enjoy it in Egypt. Please note that Bike = Bicycle.

How to handle Canon EOS error99

has been moved to section "SLR Camera Maintenance" at: How to do Safaris Photography. The article starts by:

One maybe astonished when faced with a malfunction on one's Canon EOS. the camera is not responding to trigger and instead of shooting a frame, a flashing message pop-up on LCD indicating “ERROR99”. Some start by questioning the battery, CF card and lens mount, but it may prove to be worse.