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Luxor, Hurghada and Egyptian Museum.

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Luxor is 14 hours south of Cairo by train. A mid-size city by the Nile where you can find temples, tombs, monuments, built 3 thousand years ago. The famous Valley of the Kings is there. I rented a bike and just strolled around ruins around the city for 4 days. Hurghada is 5 hours east of Luxor on the red sea by minibus. The town itself really isn't much, but the reef is spectacular. The diversity of the fish and the colors of the reef were stunning. I want an underwater camera! I did 2 incredible dives for 28 US dollars. This included equipment, hotel pick up, boat and lunch!  The Egyptian museum is another amazing place in Cairo. The amount of antiquities is astounding. The Tutankhamen funerary chamber is out of this world. There is so much to see that you literally need a few days in the museum. ESPANYOL Luxor esta a 14 horas al sur de Cairo en tren...  es una ciudad donde por todos lados se encuentran templos, tumbas, monumentos, constru...

We want your soul !!

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" We Want Your Soul " is a  2003   breakbeat  song by British DJ and  producer   Adam Freeland ; the song made the  Top 40  charts in several countries, and resulted in an award-winning  music video   [1] . It is the first song to which Freeland wrote the  lyrics   [2] , he describes it as being "about the destructive side of consumer culture", and about how commercialism is inescapable.  Rather than being sung, the song's verses are spoken by a  speech synthesizer ; the song also features a sample of  Bill Hicks .  The  Target Corporation  sought to license  We Want Your Soul  for use in an advertising campaign  [3] , which Freeland refused. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful des...