In Egypt shopping story (ancient mysteries of the Nile, an end of the journey)

Author: old when not Yi Zhuang

Participate in tours, the disadvantage is not free, he doesn't have his own way; the benefit is easy, convenient and comfortable.

I travel like tours, one is unwilling to row, housing, food, attractions to visit, and other specific issues to worry about, like to read and listen to the guide tells a story. To be blunt, I have not the spirit of the young person's suffering.

Our team, a total of 31 people, the leader of the CITs Xiaolu, cultural level is very high, University professors, senior intellectuals will account for almost half, and Director level cadres of retirement.

A dozen young people, the vast majority of cultural level or lower. In addition to the very individuals, whole culture of ancient Egypt showed a keen interest.

I'm in the South Africa travel "once said, if anyone, will have a story, not to mention that 30 people's bodies.

(Photo 1, photo tour of some of the people)

The tour, most of the buffet, not as I travel in South Africa, almost always in a restaurant, a table for ten people, every day at the dinner table Exchange, will soon be familiar with, so this really together exchange opportunities is shopping.

Many story happened on shopping.

Egypt features plenty of goods, mainly in the Shui smoking set, cotton clothing, Egypt production of world famous brand clothing, tapestry carpets, tableware, inlaid wood, spice, paper Sedge, various material of carving.

One of the world famous paper sedge art and flavor, as Egypt is the raw material origin France perfume. Because of this, tours dedicated to three shopping, go to the paper sedge stores, specialty shops and famous flavors Hariri's free market. Painted paper some yellow, wrinkled, but more flexible, resilient; a painting of a pyramid, ancient Egypt's various gods, there are numerous mascot and pastoral scenes, paintings plain, concise, and dignified. ”

Next, we begin to shop selling paper sedge.

The wall of each picture, there are two prices, price, and the other is marked with red color discount price, shown at preferential prices. As long as you remain in a painting, a friendly guide to immediately come, mainly introducing artist popularity, broken out one or two sentences in English, see Chinese tourists is the shop's major customers.

We have a look at the price that is too expensive for width exceeding one meter, prices are more than 500 Egyptian pounds, expensive da sansiqian EGP.

We all know, the Guide to shop, have a rebate, the natural price. If you do not, sale of business, tour guides are not good, therefore can price pressure down, you see both sides of the game level.

Our team has four 30-year-old boy infants from a unit, and two young couple, two 30-year-old girl, constitute bargaining lineup has one as long as the price is right will certainly buy a posture.

Other people nearby and exaggerated, steamers. This battle was the manager cited, personally negotiations. Half an hour passed, and there is no deal. The other started concessions Manager by Liu Huan proclaim: "considering that friends from faraway China, Manager today to make an exception, decide the price dropped to 40% discount. ”

Everyone started to choose your favourite picture, but still does not show Manager, just do not buy, expressed hope that the price drop.

It is half an hour passed, and no one, no one to buy. Choose a Deputy Manager, announced by Liu Huan, again to 50% off prices. Liu Huan special emphasis, the shop is normal shops, paint is a painter, not more than a little more reasonable in price, the price reduction to 50% off does.

(Figure 6, the hotel's paper sedge art specializes in Cabinet)

We do not buy the picture left, sitting in the car waiting.

A little later, the two girls are happy to buy a few pictures come out, tell us, has been reduced to four fold. The four guys and some people are still persistently bargaining. It seems that Liu Huan and businessmen calculate hit opponent.

In Egypt to buy something, you will find that time is not worth a lot – on Egypt's worthless, but not for you.

If you want to get a good price, you must make a good dozen protracted war preparations. A half an hour passed, and we do not buy paintings of people and so urgent, afternoon go to Hariri market, everyone started some criticism. Then I saw some people smile out tells us that the price has been reduced to three fold. Two girls one listen, and ran off to buy art.

Want to buy paintings of all things in the car on the owner doesn't allow process.

Liu Huan emotion is not too high, it seems that harvest. As a result of our market in Khalili time compression for half an hour.

Hariri market is Cairo's family has a long history of commodity markets, but also the whole Egypt famous Arab commodity markets of the world's tourists come here looking for souvenirs and Italy, count up already have 600 years of history.

Originally named Hariri's big businessmen, Hariri is thus. This market covers 5 km2, is lined by a piece of low buildings, Criss, tourists walk where you can easily get lost.

Market is a concentration of the culture and history of Egypt, is able to give people an unlimited imagination and aftertaste.

Egypt has a "Khan · Hariri's famous novel, the author is a 1988 NOKBell's literature prize in Egypt who nadjib · Ma Mahfouz, he was the Middle East's first Nobel Prize laureates, Mubarak had presented to him the Nile. Ma Mahfouz's works is because the Hariri market gave him enough inspiration

Owing to time constraints, the fear was lost, Liu Huan takes us to one of the busiest streets, let us go to the header, the road returns.

Half an hour, the objectives have to be very clear. His wife was very fond of Arab women in a square large shawl, suitable for the current season. We saw several commodity, not a suit is not satisfied with that feeling not ideal.

(Figure 8, we are approached by Cape of Egypt merchants)

A 40-year-old man of Egypt took note of the we initiative in the purchase of Cape, came up and told us about his merchandise.

His wife picked to pick out, like a bar, a suit, a certain thickness, gross sense. The other said: "EGP 85. "His wife quietly said to me:" you are the owner doesn't allow you to. "I follow the principles of domestic owner doesn't allow, the first axe according to half the price and then twist the knife:" 20 El pounds. "Each other immediately amazed by opening their eyes, then firmly shook his head. "70 El pounds. "It's time for me to shake their heads. EGP "20," I repeat. EGP "60", he also dropped by 10 El pounds. I have no time and his consumption, took his wife said: "we go, if you have Opera, he will tell us. ”

He took our selected shawl from behind us: "50" and "40", "30", the price he kept falling, my head is not the only one sentence back: "No!" as long as he followed, I won't let go.

He finally called out: "25", see I have no response, he turned back. I saw that the estimated pressure on Earth, said: "OK!" he shook his head and side delivery over Cape, a face. I am a 24 pockets, only EGP. He quit, "Dollar", to the dollar. My $ $ are at last, which dare let him change it, if the heat exchanger is counterfeit money, big loss. "No US dollar, and only this 24 El pounds. "In order to convince him that I had pocket turn a squall to him. His heart to love would not have received 24 EGP, mouth with Arab dialect grumbling, estimated to be in me. I knew in the wrong. In Egypt, once negotiated price, never mind, Egypt are unreasonable.

Back to the parking place, tour members are introducing their own buy.

Many ladies wore a Professor, she bought the shawl, listen to her owner doesn't allow it. Her scarf feel as good as we bought, price 75 EGP, she bought EGP 35, very happy. When we know we are 25 EGP is called next to find the hawker buy our shawls. As the saying goes, not afraid of impotent afraid than goods. The professor was glad, that we immediately stirred interest. Alas, we are also redundant.

Because we take the lead, buy shawl became the preferred by many people.

South of a hospital's Deputy Director, to retire, money, let him out of the tour, he always wanted to buy some souvenirs to colleagues. What is Yii do buy, read our buy shawl, decided to buy 10, after all, more female leadership in the hospital. Our activities are scheduled in full, no one expected to be able to go to Hariri. So, go and Dean are window shopping, but didn't buy into the shawl EGP 25

Jung Fu in Hariri like embossed copper plate, let my inquiry, a counter-offer.

He has the vision, the size of copper plate, a manual of ancient forges of Egypt architecture, person, or fairy tale, hung on the wall or placed on the shelf are good. I tell him that you don't want to buy, your inquiry you can, but don't offer. A counter-offer, if consent for your price, you may want to buy. He said: "I want to buy. "I just started a counter-offer, his wife urgent, the presence of surface shouted:" why did you buy that, net lavishly! "put down his words turned on out of the shop. Jung Fu a sound not till then out of the shop. Oh, the power of voice. I discovered that this couple away from home, money is "hen-pecked husband." I quietly asked him: "Northeast woman is so badly?" he smiled and said: "do not be ill, is accentuated. "Mrs. kinda shield.

Ting-Fu does not understand English, freight inquiry, question, took me.

What is first requested, and I said, I have to say. They settled on a crystal pyramid souvenir with golden sculpture, going to buy a dozen to go back to family and friends. The shopkeeper gave a grant to let them pick. They want inside a Pharaoh portrait or Lion of God face of sculpture, Tin Fu let me translate to the shopkeeper. I'm not saying that his wife's straightforward, direct use of Chinese businessmen to Egypt and loudly said: "bring something out, let us choose. "The shopkeeper and several staff members were earthquakes, 23 2 monk puzzled, afraid I haven't met anyone who has asked, in Chinese, we stared. I quickly explained to her. Shop quickly and take out some more. A box of broken, his wife want to change, do not tell me loud, is still in Chinese on the shopkeeper said: "a change of the box!" haha, I'm taking.

In our team, shopping, also had a democratic vote.

This is also the country tours is extremely rare.

Only a half hour stroll Hariri market, many fascinating, asked to leave Egypt before then go to the Hariri market.

One of the family also launched the initiative to get many responses. Team leader and Liu Huan Liu Huan, consult with one another. Objective reasons are: the last days we have to go back and forth in the Alexander, journey time is six hours and came back just to catch up with time out, traffic jam, we would also like to catch the fly, no time to further increase project. Subjective reasons he didn't speak, we later learned, supper, Liu Huan to us is responsible for the transfer of aircraft travel agency colleagues who can go home. As to Hariri market, he has not any good, if there is a problem, he had not eaten Doggie. More than a matter less.

25 may, we went to Alexander, in the car that family and doing Liu Huan.

I am afraid of Liu Huan to meet some people shopping requirements during a visit to stealWorkers subtractive, specially made to Liu Huan, visit was the first, not to buy things and compression in Alexander's visit to the project. Spent some years Egypt tourist, just to buy things to save a few dollars and compression of tourism project, this account did not know what is!

(Figure 14, Egypt's porcelain crafts)

On the way back to Cairo, xiaolu, leader of the last time we originally scheduled dinner very wonderful, is in an advanced Chinese restaurant seafood dinner.

She and Liu Huan discuss it, if you insist to Hariri, is re-routed snacks in the car, saving time and then schedule a Hariri. I didn't expect the majority were in favour of eat fast food, visible this dynamic shopping. Meals we had to eat fast food is clearly beneficial to Egypt travel, Liu Huan immediately inform his boss and a restaurant.

Just decided to go to Hariri, was launched to the Hariri family has changed their mind, they want to buy Palm, worry free market is the initiative of health, and instead go to the supermarket.

They sat in the front of the car, the mobilization of the front of the supermarket. Liu Huan, means a supermarket not Shun Road, another supermarket never included in a travel agency arrangements, in the event of a problem he held not responsible. Tour Director Xiaolu won't offend anyone, decided to vote.

I don't like it, some people just self-serving, go toss it, change the stroke.

Furthermore, since the set to Hariri, vote on what to do, is to make everyone involved?! I sat in the back row, to the CityGuide say my opinion.

Xiaolu stood up and said: "agree to go to the supermarket, please raise your hand.

"Sitting in front of about 10 people put their hands in a row, it was some hesitation, glanced back row will not raise your hand, didn't raise your hand. Xiaolu declared: "few people want to go to the supermarket, or go to Hariri. "Chinese tourists abroad of rare democratic vote this concludes.

After returning from Alexandria, Cairo, Liu Huan brings us to the fragrance shop.

Get off at ten individuals do not, not interested in the flavor that buy cheap here. Original estimate into the shop of dozens of minutes will be out, man, this is more than an hour, it is a price PK wars.

The "wealthy" in the car, and so urgent, Liu Huan had got into the car, he insults: "Liu Huan, you took a number of the rebate you heart is too dark, we lie to stay here for such a long time, what is your Angel?! you are Egypt's scum!" spotless, the whole car atmosphere solidification, everyone stunned, who also did not expect someone in a foreign country scolded local tour guide.

Liu Huan didn't say a Word, blushed, directly in front of tourists, this stigma is probably the first time in life.

Although we have a little idea, but how can you swear! this is not only not help solve the problem, you can damage the image of Chinese tourists.

My wife can't go on, said: "there is a good reference, not the views curse. "When I hit the" wealthy ", mad dog-like fanyao over:" I swear, what?!: you're not my leadership, you too? "this time, let us surprise: the common life of eight days is a youban unreasonably distort. We are not satisfied with him.

Travel guide of team leader for the Lo guide quickly said "everyone 1580 to see tour before, to flavor shop is planned, because many visitors come to Egypt to buy flavor, quality guaranteed.

You can buy or don't buy. As for the time some long, there are many reasons, not all strange Liu Huan. ”

Things have not concluded.

We arrived after Hariri, Liu Huan to our time is 25 minutes, the "wealthy" dissatisfied, and Liu Huan noisy, and insults, abuse of difficult. Liu Huan said: "what do you call someone?" and "wealthy" ran to him, put on a site you want to fight, said: "I swear to you, you what!?" everybody get him started. This situation caused a lot of tourists and Egypt's onlookers, alarmed the police. Two police hand according to the waist of the pistols came, with Arabic asked Liu Huan. We were super angry, too far, abroad Dreaming, the Chinese people's face has lost. Some people said: "this kid arrested, the police have a good education. "Liu Huan, specially trained, in the State Register of the tour, he was waving to the police pendulum, Arabic spoke a few words, the police turned and walked away.

Tour Director Xiaolu gas is broken, on "Nouveau" full view.

On the way to the airport, quietly said to me: "after the Cairo last night, this dude (wealthy) asked me where is the red light district. I said, you look for the red light district, the wrong country. Egypt is the Islamic countries. He saw the hotel near the Casino, only allow aliens to enter, ask me for a passport. You know, there are requirements, Passport central depository, a problem. I explained to him, he shirty. No way, I had to get a passport to him. He has been to 4 a.m. before returning to the hotel, I didn't sleep well at night. ”

I said: "the Chinese tourists abroad image is not very good, news agencies reported.

I also think it is a Western newspaper in demonizing China. Today's long experience: see a nook is how bad an absolute mess. ”

Near to the airport, the train stopped, the first day to the airport to meet our travel agency employees; replace Liu Huan, Liu Huan this farewell, leaving published full of emotional farewell speech, he said: "I love China, I also love the Chinese people.

I am particularly special love you! I especially thank you for these days on the support of my work, I am very happy to serve you. I have a lot of Chinese friends, each time receiving China tours, I make many new friends, I also had many friends. My work is not good, hope you will forgive me. "In the warm applause, Liu Huan and hug goodbye to everyone (except the" wealthy "). Tour Director Xiaolu also spoke, Liu Huan and Egypt travel reception gave a full affirmation. She noted in particular that, in accordance with the travel guide and Egypt in the contract, only once the Hariri, but Liu Huan arranged twice, he is not going to take youLeave a regret.

Liu Huan, unexpectedly in the last days, in their own countries, all will be affected by this kind of humiliation.

He is very sorry that he at last testimonials are strong playing smiling face, eyes with tears. But the basic ethical decided he could only in this way, any complications will have international implications and may even lose their jobs.

Travel over, I'm on this trip arrangement basically satisfied with enough of is in the Red Sea to stay longer in Cairo to stay a short time, have not been able to visit the Saladin and Sultan Hassan mosque; the second is in store for too long, and in some spots to stay a short time.

We also know, group travel, there is the problem. Fish and not given to it.

I personally have harvest.

Last went to South Africa, have brought back a 10 pound weight like a head stone carving. This trip to Egypt with a ten pound heavy granite Pharaoh portrait.

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