Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Egypt-the CityGuide tips--taxi!!!!

2. taxi:

Egypt contact early to modes of transport must be a taxi, many are black and white roof with luggage rack, a bit like old-fashioned Volga, car drivers are broken, there are various people, young and handsome, evil demon Tahan and kindly uncle, but all appearances, they will be friendly and help in some people, someone will let you give me hate! Egypt's many taxi drivers do not speak English, Arabic, it is said that to maintain the purity of Islamic culture.

The airport, the Grand Hotel is waiting for a taxi driver can speak simple English, Arabic pronunciation of the English language is the most difficult! sometimes you almost wonder if he is in English, but also wonder how English is so bad, can't understand! later my United Kingdom cannot understand the CityGuide, dawned! later in Egypt in the travel anterior in let guest service staff help me first written in Arabic, and then produce directly to the driver.

If you are beginning to Egypt's taxi, they will be on their way along the way explain patiently, demanding to know more about both, most of them I hope you can pack their car to travel around, you can first arrived in Cairo will get next-day trip by transport.

Egypt's taxi is not included in the table, you must be on the front of the first inquiry, on a good price and then get on to their asking price will let you keep off, (one way).

Drivers usually asking price is very high: airport to downtown fare 50-150 Egypt pounds. urban 20-50 EGP, then wait for you with his counter-offer, I usually make a turn on to the next car, not in the habit of their foreign tourists gladly offer anything anyway, Cairo taxi on the street, you come there will be lots of cars to stop. Actual price is Cairo airport to downtown fare price is 40 Emmanuel pounds/car. In Cairo, 5-10 urban EGP, typically 5 EGP can win. Often the driver will leave the railway passengers, have been curious about how much people pay, sometimes accompanied by local people, taking over the two of us have to pay 1 Egypt pounds. Remind the CityGuide, if you're in a hurry to tell the driver you are very anxious, otherwise you would not know that he will bypass the delay time, it will be misleading. Commercial price is the best digital Arab pronunciation, sometimes to pay would have drivers intentionally say can't understand English or deliberately confuse embarrass your English pronunciation, just to Cairo, I encounter, from the hotel to the station in the morning, get better prices are 15 Egypt pounds "Fifteen", and so I get paid when drivers must I pay 50 Egypt pounds "Fifty," I don't pay the driver rushed me yelling don't let my luggage, I'm in a hurry, gas I wild shouts loudly. This situation encountered three or four times, I will throw down money, its own drag-and-turned left on luggage.

The CityGuide experience this behavior, zaike qike, you have to get off and loudly asked, then I will fear no pedestrians onlookers, you of time, usually pedestrians will help you to estimate they know local drivers do this kind of business to qike, zaike, they generally also gave, it can't find the police.

Prepare some small change as much as possible, individual drivers will take more money or do not change!

These are impressions, recommendations, only for discovery read, reference!!!.

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