2010-01-late Egypt Nile basin travel reference information

2010-01-late Egypt Nile basin travel reference information

I and my wife on 2010-01-14-27 days to Egypt travel once.

Mainly Shanghai aircraft flying to Cairo, Aswan, Luxor cruise to the aircraft to Cairo and then back to Shanghai.

A brief report about the reference information.

Clothing

In late January, the temperature difference is very big, cool, noon and evening.

Cairo temperature lower, long-sleeved shirts, jackets and sweaters.

Aswan and Luxor, long-sleeved shirts, jackets.

Recommended clothing carrying a long-sleeved, pants, shorts, short-sleeved little, if any wool vest, can take one of the pieces.

Recommendations to the main attractions, especially the Aswan, shorts, short-sleeved + wool vest.

Food

Overall, Egypt food not too on Chinese appetite.

To roast, and stew of beans, vegetables, such as, on Allium, probably mainly rely on salad vegetables inside.

Feeling, dishes are some acid.

However, you do not have to bring from home too many pickles or other, because, when simply excuse me out to eat, the atmosphere is not, nor can they eat together with local dishes.

We do not recommend that you take from domestic spicy, since Egypt climate and food easily lead to chill out, lack of vitamins, felt, or the reasons for the low vegetables.

Two weeks time, patience.

Fruit Egypt local fruit is very cheap, we bought the caidian 6le a kilo of strawberries, a little more expensive.

Drinking water: drinking water, General 1.5L price is around a more reasonable 1.5LE-2LE.

Shops in sometimes open 5LE or higher, you can bargain him down. Cairo Carrefour these large bottles of water prices 1.5LE-1.8LE.

250ml cans of Cola, the price is usually around 2.5LE.

Cake: each restaurant are provided free of charge, tube saturation, the heat of the delicious, you can require heating.

Live

This time, some luxury, primarily through the Internet provide five-star hotel accommodation, many research studies, it is possible to get some discounts.

Five-star hotel in a double room, including tax prices in the following, for example 160USD 200USD, or more cost-effective.

CAIRO Fairmont Nile City, very good, much better than the sheraton, it is recommended that you try to find it's discounted prices, you may be able to 140-160USD.

Tooth brush, hot water, etc, you can find the hotel, the best there is often visitors tried to upgrade the card.

Line

Cairo to Aswan, it is recommended that you do not take the train, I hear very dirty is painful memories, you can fly, early in the airlines website to buy a special ticket, the price is about as long as 260LE.

El airlines Web site home page, select a column, "Egypt", "English" language selection, you can see the cheaper tickets.

Each airport a taxi will not play table, to be honest, passengers have to be chopped basically, I didn't find a fixed point and taxi Yang, Egypt airport taxi order comparison.

Cairo airport to downtown, with a fee, the price to discussion on the 40-50LE, not bad.

I once from urban beat table to the airport, fare 31LE + 5LE fee, fine, on another occasion, drivers intentionally hit the tables around very far, threw his 50LE away.

Cairo General play, distance estimates will not exceed 30LE, near 5LE, most 8-12LE.

In Cairo, it is recommended to sit white taxi, new Chery more, you can also play table, you can request, jump start, 0.25 2.5LE once (note that 0.6 jump, estimates are killing people, to point out his cheating), listening, yellow car is also good, specification number.

Black taxis are very old and shabby car to hit the tables, only the owner doesn't allow it, in General, foreigners, cut down the price of the table than White Cheddar, it is recommended that you avoid expensive sat black taxi.

To tell the truth, Cairo is the largest city, taxi also bad, cut by 40% still rely on the spectrum.

Aswan, Luxor city, missed table taxi, just to the concept that no distance is chopped tongs, in fact, these cities are small, the price can be expensive.

Aswan and Luxor, an estimated 5-within all urban 10LE get, most 15LE, too close distance within can 5LE.

Even to the airport, it is estimated that it would not exceed 25-30LE. However, local drivers see tourists, black heart, prices are rather indiscriminately.

In short, it is recommended that you ask several more vehicles, more cut cut.

I'm from Aswan to Luxor, scene asked cruise, facilities good point should be Deluxe 5-star, might be a room at 200USD per night for two people sleeping, require advance booking, other common 5 star cruise ship is 80-100USD/two people, I live the suite a day at 150USD bows have separate small balcony, with all meals and evening performances, basic single calculate, drink belongs to the domestic 3 star-hotel 4 star facilities, known as five-star cruise ships.

Heard, the price is cheaper than the online booking. Cruise on an old old Europe and more.

Rental price:

Pyramid of Saqqara + day + Giza 160LE Dahshur

Luxor King Valley on the West side of 6 hours + Temple + aristocratic tomb of Queen + Shihab city 55LE (days of hot, bicycle day estimates very tired, and routes not cooked)

Abbydos + Dendera day 300LE air tour bus, up to 10 people can sit.

We are 3Individual packages, sitting of spacious.

Exchange rates and prices

2010-01-end Exchange rate of about 1USD = 5.43-5.44LE, the differences are not large, specialized currency exchange point exchange rate seems to be high.

Overall, not too concerned about that last only a few dollars difference, there is no need for this walk very far to find high rates of Exchange, see Exchange, direct exchange.

1LE probably 1.3RMB.

Cairo's overall price levels, and Shanghai.

Compare the price of the taxi is likely cheaper than Shanghai.

The difference between a great meal, if you can see the figures, Egypt in local eating places to eat, it is estimated that the average per capita than 20LE, if LP recommended places to eat, per capita 70-100 can be considered normal.

Note that the 2008 version of the LP prices may be the 2006-2007, prices, basic prices now Egypt up to twice as fast.

Various prices, be sure to say hello details ahead of time, for example, everyone or all, private, clarify what is included, the drivers are thinking about law-making, including bring your dinner high consumption, etc., in short, the domestic tourist attractions that are all in Egypt.

Tip

Cairo also good, big cities, not much to tip, Khalili market, occasionally give a ballpoint pen and essential balm（20G） can, Cairo there tips like essential balm（20G）.

Aswan, Luxor as a tourist attraction, everywhere to tips, drivers, and other basic human qualities are relatively low, almost to the point pen also sent word that seemed too essential balm（20G）.

Egypt is a tip, hawker and cheats constantly chatting up the visitors, so it really is disturbing, especially in tourist spots, really impact tourism, tourism in order really messy.

Attractions

Cairo, the pyramids, the mosque you can go and see.

Aswan, to ABU SIMBEL, there is good.

Luxor, Luxor Temple not over there, Karnak Temple is very good, King Valley some inside the Tomb painting can also (are lit), note the graveyard inside the camera or mobile phone to take pictures not (guards depends on its rich, Tomb there not said or estimated pretend invisible, to the door is stopped to fine, I experienced a very waiting, representations were not in, 150LE cut to a 50LE bribery), Temple of the West Bank and DENDERA ABBYDOS General, if you can be sure to go to a few people, Temple, save, spend a day worth of back and forth.

Sufi dance 8: 30 start, it is best to go about 7 points, or to queue up 7 points 45 or so may people up into not to go.

The Karnak Temple, the Temple of the DENDERA Abbydos, where recommendations stay 2 hours or more, check out a few people after place to sit down and rest, to watch thousands of years ago left by the sign, or a feeling.

Shopping

Tourist attractions of things not to buy, are crude.

Khalili market, tell the truth, many went to 4 trips, followed by two times to find Yue, hawker quite annoying, active pull you, it is recommended that you buy, don't buy, find some side alley shop, some little features, not annoying you, you can also buy something, the key is to ensure that there are Egypt, Egypt.

For example, I found a stone carving of painting, Egypt, Egypt, hand-carved, the site also shows up, rest assured, three similar town paper of stone and two flat art, size is moderate, 140LE. Cyperus strokes to SUNNY buy, simple and insurance, I bought a very large, 1 m x 2 m, equivalent to over 300 LE may, than A4 bigger, it is estimated that 30-40LE. Khalili market shopping tips may be the first in a 1/4 to 1/3 the owner doesn't allow it, the other party does not agree to, if the opponent pretended not to call you, it is estimated that can buy a little price, otherwise you may have not cut into place.

However, overseas travel, Egypt and does not often come to like it, buy it, don't miss it, it is never late! to the equivalent of a few or tens of Yuan to post lost favorite things!

Cairo Carrefour needn't go to far, and little Egypt yield thing, I went back and forth, probably faster to fight the charges, the result is just the 60LE find several bags of sugar produced in Egypt, in fact, the city find a market which also has, very cheap, 5-6LE a bag.

If you want to buy Crystal, don't buy out their head, go to the Crystal factory, cheap, and the goods are not defective, far away, but the Metro subway to go near.

I went to, something good, but I like it, are not in stock, the result is nothing to buy.

Other

Airport and hotel Basic does not have free Internet access.

Urban areas have many free Internet Cafe, in principle, the need to enter a password.

LUXOR temple opposite Snack Time, free wi-fi, does not require a password.

Cairo airport duty free shop price than Istanbul airport duty free shop for cheap.

The same is flue, Cairo, Istanbul is 15EUR 10USD.

Egypt climate very dry, it is best to bring lipstick, eye drops, perfumed body lotion.

Egypt traffic chaos, traffic lights and the pavement is small, fast, normal speed on the road could also reach the 50-70 yards, if you want to cross the street and little car will slow down, so optimistic about the opportunity to hedge, don't stop.

Every time you finish the road has been aftermath..

Proposed band LP or through global, Egypt travel concise Handbook (online circulation).

A good-looking, came to English good Egypt, are in principle a liar.

Do not cut them.

Forcing cheat tourists more, but have not come across to steal, maybe this is characteristic of Arab States.

In General, and there are experience, this information is for your reference.

If you have the wrong place, please enlighten, thank you.

(ABBYDOS)