It's about time!
Australian 'phishing' websites shut down - General - News - smh.com.au: "Australian 'phishing' websites shut down
May 24, 2005 - 11:47AM
Australian government agencies have shut down more than a dozen websites that sought to solicit credit card details from unsuspecting consumers.
The 13 Australian sites were among almost 1400 closed in a global crackdown on 'phishing' - the practice of luring internet users to websites to steal passwords, financial or personal information."
Aswan to Luxor via Fallouccah
Rushed for the first part but wonderfully relaxing after. The 3:30am start to drive 300Km to Abu Simbel was a pain. Wonderful temple, incredible feat of engineering to move it up the hill away from the waters of the Aswan dam an' all, but was it worth the time and heat and fatigue? Not really. Still, I suppose I can now say that I've done it and seen it. The two day ride down the Nile in a felloucca was just magical. I was so tired after the train ride and the early start the day before that I was exhausted so time spent just lying about and watching the scenery and chatting with some very interesting fellow travellers, or learning from our host, Captain Mohammed, and his regular visits with mates along the way. An interesting side trip was a visit to the once-a-week camel markets in Darow - the largest in Egypt - where camels are brought in from Sudan 1500Km over 45 days for sale to traders, farmers, racers and butchers. (A young eating camel goes for LE4000, a racing c...
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