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If so, whats it like?
The other half fancies going but I’m not much of a holiday buff and the heat sounds scary to a sensitive chap like me :/
The GF went to Egypt a couple of years ago with her mum and had a great time, well apart from the sewage smell of the Nile, the heat, the dodgy water, the attempt to swap her for 12 camels ( result! ), the kids trying to sell trinicks everywhere she went and the blokes (guides) wanting tips for every bit of help/ advice ect. The money smells of camel poo too, seriously she brought some back and it stank.
Other than that it sounded great, she did the trip down the Nile and visted the valley of the kings and highly recommends it even though she’s not particlary a history buff, she missed out on the piramids though.
Overall she had a good time.
Go there once a month, huge difference between Cairo, Alexandria and the holiday destinations, let me know which part you are thinking of
Went T’Gypt as part of a Mediterranean “Schools Abroad” Cruise trip years ago. Docked in to Alexandria and on the first night ‘jumped ship’ got really wazzed on some local ‘under the table’ brew and ended up sneaking back on board and seeing how far we could throw the deck chairs off the starboard side of the ship (obviously the side not facing the quay) Went on an excursion the next day to a market only to see all these market traders lounging away on nice (although slightly damp) deck chairs that bore a striking resemblence to the ones we had ejected from the ship. God knows how they salvaged them but they don’t miss a trick those guys i.e watch the pickpockets.
Also a mate of mine (whose a bit of a ginge) took his mrs who has long black hair. At the time she naturally had a tan, as Egypt was 2nd week of holiday, and she got spat on lots from the locals, even the camels, nearly everywhere they went. This is apparently customary if you are Coptic and marry outside the faith…she was neither Egyptian or Coptic, so imagine how they laughed when they realised their mistake as Mick assisted in removing the last of their rotten teeth.
In a nutshell, Pyramids etc are worth seeing but I prefered Rhodes and Cyprus. Whistle stop tour I reckon and thats it mate, mind you was a long time ago could be blinding now but meh.
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