Egypt

by **sarah_megs** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:16 pm

me and ma boyfriend were lukin to go on holiday next summer and we were thinkin of goin to egypt. any1 been? recommend a gud place or hotel??

by **Emzi** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:11 pm

I've never been, but my dad went a few months ago and he loved it. Egypt is definately one place I'd like to visit.

by **nikko** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:25 pm

yes I been there last year, I went in the beginning of November as in the summer its just to hot to go outside. And I talk about round de 120 F in the summer :wink:

We toke a Nile cruise and after that a few days in Cairo. It was absolutely perfect, if you looking for an hotel then take the 5 stars, they cheap compared with our standards. From our group we got splitt up between some hotels, a group went to the Semiramis Interconti Hotel and in Conrad Hotel.
Both very good and clean, this is a must because you can get very sick there because we not used to some bacterias they have in the water. For this reason its advised never drink anything with ice cubes and drink water from sealed bottles.

by **shelby - us** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:25 pm

sarah_megs wrote:me and ma boyfriend were lukin to go on holiday next summer and we were thinkin of goin to egypt. any1 been? recommend a gud place or hotel??

but sarah...isnt it like mostly all sand and stuff?

by **sarah_megs** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:26 pm

never realised there was problems like that with the water, thanx for the warning!! did u go thro a travel agency??

by **sarah_megs** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:27 pm

but sarah...isnt it like mostly all sand and stuff?[/quote]

yeah but its hot n supposed 2 a great place to visit

by **shelby - us** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:20 pm

i guess it is like the beach maybe but without the ocean

by **nikko** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:59 pm

sarah_megs wrote:never realised there was problems like that with the water, thanx for the warning!! did u go thro a travel agency??

yes we had a full arranged trip with a lot of trips to visit the monuments with all entrances included, the full pack and its worth it. We went from spain but we saw a lot of those cruise boats with people from the UK to.

Egypt is very big and also very small, its like 99.9% lives near the Nile river and that is a narrow green band in the desert. When you on the sun roof of the boat you can see the desert on both sides after the green zone and that is a magnific sight.

Here some links:
http://www.canyonsworldwide.com/africa/ ... 0Falls.JPG

http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~nicholson/e ... ebank.html

http://historylink101.net/egypt_1/rf-nile_river.htm

This gives a bit of idea about it.

The water is to drink but its with some bacterias from which we in europe get sick, you will sit on the toilet the whole day. To avoid this you have to watch out with ice cubes, salads ( as you dont know which water is used to clean them ) stuff like that, but on those boats they watch out for this because they dont want to have the passengers sick and the guide that will be with you will tell you this also.

by **sarah_megs** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:42 pm

http://www.canyonsworldwide.com/africa/ ... 0Falls.JPG

that is amazin! so beautiful! i reale hope we go, when urekon best timeof year is to go?

by **nikko** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:28 pm

sarah_megs wrote:http://www.canyonsworldwide.com/africa/C%20Blue%20Nile%20Falls.JPG

that is amazin! so beautiful! i reale hope we go, when urekon best timeof year is to go?

we went the end of october and that was just perfect, only in the summer its not really advisable, then its just to hot

by **sarah_megs** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:27 pm

but i love hot, how hot we talkin??
a herd something which i duno if sum1 is windin me up or not. but apparently loads of white ppl get kidnapped cos they think all white ppl r rich? is this true??

by **shelby - us** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:41 pm

isnt like a desert?

by **sarah_megs** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:47 pm

yeah but its supposed to be beautiful, lots of culture too

by **nikko** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:52 am

sarah_megs wrote:but i love hot, how hot we talkin??
a herd something which i duno if sum1 is windin me up or not. but apparently loads of white ppl get kidnapped cos they think all white ppl r rich? is this true??

well round the 50 c is quite hot :lol:

You have protection every where, the tourism is very well protected because its a steady income for a lot of people, its the second biggest income after the Suez canal for Egypt. We did not seen any trouble at all, but armed guards every where and that is a good thing. Dont worry to much about it atm I think its more dangerous in western countries then there imo

by **sarah_megs** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:18 pm

thats sounds well nice! i reale like hot weather!!
its kinda of a relief cos its quite a weird thing to be worried bout but armed gurads make ppl feel safe in a bizzare way, lol

by **willdchild** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:17 pm

have never been but would love to visit the pyramids

by **evelyn** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:22 am

I also did a trip in egypt a few years ago and it was amazing, I recommend it to anyone! We did a cruise along the nile, which I think is the typical trip. Of course cairo is also really impressive, there is a lot to see there and it has some really interesting museums.

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