Egypt with tuanyou surf

2008 February-15 February, Egypt 8 days

During the Spring Festival this year, my husband called the land of Egypt a tour before you travel, go to reference many travels, everyone describes quite comprehensive, on our trip very helpful, so this time I will be back at our tour and travel problems, but we have not mentioned, do a presentation for your next tour.

We report on the mission is 8, Egypt a to swim, because it is during the Spring Festival, so price 12900 yuan/person, more expensive, usually the same itinerary price 9000-10000 yuan/person, flight to Beijing to Cairo, the major tourist cities of direct flights to Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, Helmut gyda (that is, Red Sea), Memphis.

The whole transport aircraft and automobiles, no train. Accommodation for the whole 5-star hotel accommodation.

Here is it should be noted:

First is syndicated.

We reported when the contract is not clear whether there is a team leader, aircraft flight number and the name of the accommodation Hotel and so important that nothing is in the contract sum, at that time reported seeing when travel agency and we signed the contract, at the same time, give us a copy printed itinerary (including Cairo to Luxor transport train), then we pay the full paragraph, the results in three days before departure (6 February), the travel agency suddenly made a new beginning for us, which from Cairo to Luxor transport into the aircraft, the team leader and guide has changed (and first quoted when different), and so on 8 February at the airport, take the people gave us a new itinerary (third itinerary), tell our journey has made changes, not the team leader, and other areas fit together photography (us from Beijing, other people from all parts of the country), and and other a regiment walk itinerary. Now that we know our specific itinerary, since there is going to be on the plane, so many issues have not had to travel agency theory, and according to the travel arrangements. Here to remind everyone: 1, syndicated must indicate in the contract related to specific conventions see travel accessories, annex as an integral part of the contract, has the same legal effect (otherwise there is a problem, it is difficult to complaints). 2. as an attachment of the itinerary must clear the flight number, the mission, hotel name, group leader, tour guide a person's name, contact phone, attractions and accommodation standards, transport standards, tips, at your own expense, and other related important content (or to a local arbitrarily changed attractions and hotels, and other content, as tourists in the alien did not approach). 3. be sure to indicate in the contract which is what travel gift items, is at your own expense (verbal commitments to gift items may not be honoured). 4, the most important thing is to ask on the itinerary and travel cover the principal contract of the same organization stamp (otherwise travel may freely change, not clear to which trips) 5, syndicated, don't pay full paragraph, would rather trouble spots, and so determine all matters related to cover the payment after the chapter. 6. If the purchase of travel accident insurance policy must be to travel to voucher (otherwise it is difficult to determine whether help you purchase travel insurance).

Secondly, attractions, Egypt's cultural and historical monuments is really striking, in many books in history and architecture, there are also online, before you can take a good look at where I wouldn't describe the characteristics of each attraction, mainly talk about details.

In the report before us on the mission Egypt know very little about, so when syndicated on related attractions arrangements blurred, travel itineraries and the contract is essentially vague, cause we missed many attractions. Aswan we didn't go to places not so clear. In Cairo, in addition to the famous pyramids and Sphinx, museums are all team will go to the project, other projects each travel agency is not the same, the mission visited the stepped pyramid Memphis and Rameses Idol, these two spots are worth, but the trip without the mosque in Cairo, in fact, the mosque is the most visited of the mosque is not tickets, and the most famous Expatica · Ali mosque in Saladin Castle, is a city with Turkey-style temples, tickets, and the most worth visiting castles and mosques, are not generally team this attractions, some travel itinerary in visiting the mosque, the mosque is the General, rather than Expatica · Ali mosque, they must be clear, our team does not have this beauty spot, and we go on we get to understand, so I didn't go into Expatica · Ali mosque, unfortunately. Say that Luxor, Luxor General will go to Luxor Temple of attractions is, Kanak temples, statues, other farmers in Bangladesh two major attractions in Imperial Valley and Queen Miu does not necessarily have to go, our team of travel without the Queen Miu's attractions, we had to go before being misled, always thought of the Queen of the attractions in the temple, Imperial Valley, you can visit his own expenses, which is actually two spots, we went to the Valley of the Kings to know, but have no time to own a taxi to the Queen of the temple was arranged, at noon time can go, so another sorry, didn't go to the Temple of the Queen. Say that Alexander city, visit attractions is the Montaza Royal Palace Garden, Pompeii God column, the lighthouse site, library, General travel agency are to these spots, and the General Lighthouse ruins, a library of these two spots are appearance, do not enter the visit, and the attractions of God-Pompeii, articles, some of the mission is to visit some mission just look outside in the street or in the car, so when you ask syndicated, in addition to our mission also went to another spot, called the bedding mausoleum, is a group of underground tombs, very characteristic, if you could go to the attractions of course.

In the various attractions, guided tours will give us a commemorative tickets, so I put the relevant ticket price lists (El pound price) for your reference:

Enter the pyramid of internal (100), Sphinx (50), museums (50), see the mummies (100), stepped pyramid (50), Rameses Idol (30), Luxor Temple (40), Kanak Temple (50), Meng Nong Idol (toll free)

, Kings Valley (70), Montaza Palace Garden, Pompeii God column (15), bedding mausoleum (25)

The third is at your own expense.

Our mission has been recommended for two at your own expense, a red glass boat 55 USD/person, the other is a desert jeep tour in depth, Nubian village 50 US $/person, I'm going to read you write before you travel, know their quotations, but each tour offer is not the same, a glass boat, different teams offer from 30-55 us $, so participate at your own expense must be careful to avoid them, visit the Nubian village we didn't go to (everyone travels says this project quotation is 30 USD per person, and we tour price is 50 US $/person, I think the tour is too dark, so I didn't go to), use the guide with other members of the tour to the Nubian village, and in the event of a total of 7 persons in Hotel sea point of sale their package with a glass boat out to sea, as long as 15 USD per person, in fact, our smaller, if person a little more, but also cheaper, but we also added seven dollars, rent snorkeling equipment, scuba diving, fun, in other words, each of us $ 22, glass boat sailing and snorkeling. In addition, the mission also recommended tour Nile appreciate belly dancing, our mission is to give the project, so I didn't pay, if it is at your own expense, the guide price is $ 45 per person, huh, huh, personal views, not value.

Fourth, accommodation and meals.

Mission in Egypt eat, mostly Chinese food diet, just a few home restaurants, all Mainland visitors dine there, there's one called Cairo Palace restaurant, all of the most delicious Chinese food, and other several even worse, can guarantee the good eating, lunch, tea and water are available, the breakfast is basically eat buffet in the hotel, part of the dinner buffet in the hotel to eat well, Western-style buffet breakfast General provide tea and coffee, buffet dinner and do not provide water and drinks, you want to purchase.

Basically, the local breakfast buffet were all things sweet, very tired.

Accommodation, in fact, the eight-day mission, which one day in the train, actually, only 4 night stay in hotel for the rest of the day is sleeping on the plane, and 5-star hotel and we have greater domestic five star, hotel facilities are old enough, to have a certain psychological preparation, our so-called full occupancy 5 star hotel, in fact, no experience to 5 star feeling, especially I would like to mention a hotel called the Safir Hotel Cairo (Sofia Cairo hotel), the contract is not to go to the hotel, but suddenly arrangements after the hotel occupancy, do pay attention to resist to the hotel occupancy, (complaints) hotel is a five star, but the poor conditions, the hotel is decorated, the pungent smell of decoration (the next day I had a headache) and construction noise and side decoration side business, out of the elevator head no ceiling above, get the kindling of loudaoli is decorated and some decoration garbage, the key is the hotel did not have air conditioning, indoor, larger temperature has been the odorant 17 degrees, very cold, each room provides electric heaters, room heaters are bad, inability to use, and no hot water bath, hot water temperature is 20 ° c, maximum cleaning your face, not a bath, as well as hurting is intermittent power outages, basic hotel does not stay, breakfast variety is small, have nothing to eat, General Europe and guests hold this hotel if you arrange this syndicated hotel occupancy, don't want to replace the hotel views, for 8-day tours, quite hard, Egypt has many sandy, if you cannot have a good sleep, does a bath, for second-day itineraries will have an impact, but also feel hard.

General new hotel facility is good.

So I'd rather live in suburban resort hotel, facilities good, nor in the old hotel.

The fifth is shopping.

We walked a few places, Alexandria lighthouses, beaches is the cheapest market stuff, but the guide only to 15 minutes, the basic no time shopping, so as far as possible, ask tour given more time.

Then the Red Sea, Luxor, Cairo is the most expensive, but in Hariri market must follow the rest of the price down to McCain, some boss or more flexible, some will not. To identify the goods quality are very different.

Flavor: the Guide took us to the shop of flavour, its minimum package is a bottle of 60ml, six for a box of 250, offer us a box, several members of the tour-bought a box, the price of 150 dollars, and sent three small flavor with Phnom Penh, seems a little bottle or expensive, should also be able to drive a hard bargain.

Essence bottle: Although flavor bottle in Egypt there are sold everywhere, but I think the flavor or some products in the shop, I bought the flavor of the bottle in the shop than later in Khalili market buy to exquisite lot, glass also thicker in Hariri market to buy a box of the bottle, a total of 10, the small band of Phnom Penh (probably including the head with a bottle of 10 cm high), spent 35 EGP.

Glass plates: is the decoration of the dish, a story or pharaonic Egypt, Alexandria lighthouses like outside the beach market buy work better exquisite beauty Blade 2-3 a, 3-5 beautiful knife a, in fact, the same quality.

Copper coil: Egypt's copper coil there are many kinds, whatever their size, color, texture and also different, there are manual, machine processing, the edges of the cutout, printing, and so on, but do not know whether it is the copper, if it is manually, see it, the price from 5 us-knife-9 beautiful knife, I bought four plates, is not a price.

But must be the owner doesn't allow it.

Coasters: think local coasters do good, has a lot of character, not sure if it is Egypt, I bought a set of 6 coasters, well-run and two of the ellipse, Hariri market buy, offer a set of 6 $, last 10 dollars bought three sets.

Other considerations:

1. before you go as far as possible be dollars into small, preferably $ 1, $ 5, $ 10, you can basically in Egypt shopping dollars, not necessary to use the EGP.

Small dollars don't change, do not waste time, but also avoid hawkers don't change withThings to change.

2. be sure to bring a piece of thick clothes, airplane, air conditioning, car is very cold, colds.

3. local exchange rate relatively stable, EGP-US dollar exchange rate of about 1 for 5.5:, in the same hotel and the airport.

So where to swap are the same.

4, from Cairo to Luxor, or by train is better, can be a good rest, you can experience a different train, this time by plane, basically equal to awake all night, we were asked to local time at 3 o'clock check-out, midnight 4-point ride to the airport, to do all kinds of formalities, sat 6 am more aircraft, 7 points more to Luxor, quite hard, but breakfast is box meal, eating on the road (car).

5. There must be prepared, the so-called direct flight is in fact with stops in Bangkok Bangkok, generally not let off the plane, that is, the basic on the plane going to wait until 14 hours, when we go in Bangkok was delayed due to, resulting from the plane to fly a plane, a full 17 hours, crazy!

Furthermore, some things do not strange, that's part of their lives, our bus car to refuel, gas station, a filling of workers while smoking a cigarette, to vehicle refuelling; in many cities, the driver simply regardless of the traffic light, drive; roadside House is "under construction", some free, some have lived; Egypt police are loaded guns, not faking it.

Hehe!

Overall, despite a few disappointments, but this visit to Egypt is good, ancient culture, great architecture monuments, let me very mixed feelings, but also on the road also made many friends, 8 days of travel, we also became a fellowship and good friends, also agreed to coming together for excursions, surprise!

Well, just to the right, and so I think what you want, and then give us added!