Egypt tours Raiders (Cairo, Luxor, Alexandria) and visa

Egypt tours Raiders (Cairo, Luxor, Alexandria) and visa

This time a total of ten days, went to the U.A.E. and Egypt, U.A.E. travel over another, this one just said that Egypt segment.

In General, Egypt is still relatively backward, Cairo is almost the end of the 1980s, Shanghai and the whole city is not building. Basic It is said that contrast "Nile" inside the lens, the Nile in building 20 years without change. Egypt is famous for it's been right next to nothing that they feel that there is a big deal, but also not vengeful. Request a tip is a common occurrence especially tourist attractions, but you don't give them too will not be pleased. Egypt is a devout Muslim countries, days off will begin in Church, so it is recommended that you do not live in the Mosque nearby, otherwise they will be awakened loudspeakers. Compared to other countries, Egypt is a very different experience. Although conditions relatively difficult, but absolutely worth it.

Stroke:

May 22, 2009, Friday

Shanghai-dubai, 07: 15-12: 35, ek 305

After playing in the U.A.E. to stay 4 days

May 26

dubai – cairo, ek 927 08:50 – 11:40

Afternoon train to alexandra

A night in the hotel triomphe

5-27

tour alexandra,

Afternoon return to Cairo, sat night Orient Express sleeper to Luxor

5/28

tour luxor

Accommodation: nefertiti hotel

5/29/

tour luxor

Sat night Orient Express sleeper returns Cairo

30 may

cairo

cairo to dubai, ek924 1930/0005+1

dubai to shanghai ek302 0250/1530 + 1

5/31/

arrive shanghai on 15:30 pm

First talk about Egypt visas in Shanghai, need material as follows:

Notarized copy of certificate of working back and forth in Egypt air (now are e-ticket, you only need to make a place for you to vote for a seat in the record number of itinerary, even not necessarily out of votes), tours (in English), hotels (such as a late night in the train, not required to provide train ticket reservation, travel instructions on it) passport, a 2 inch colour (like the absence of specific requirements, I provide the white background of the passport format photo).

Completed visa application form on the spot

Hours: Monday-Friday 09: 30-11: 30

Morning, afternoon, before we know the result.

When I signed in and lg for two people only need one of the last on the list, no interviews, just received your materials, three days after the afternoon with small sliver take visa.

Visa validity: 3 months of the entry

Cost: $ 185 per person

On the notarial certificate of working, it is recommended that you go to is located in Fengxian road (near Metro line West Nanjing Road Station) of the notary public office in Shanghai, where more experienced.

Before you leave home to go lg Near East Road, Pudong new area, the notary, the phone asks you not to receive, let us come to the result, go over there and don't know what to do, be on the safe side, we then went to the handling of Fengxian road, there are environmental and service is much better. Provide the following documents:

1, company stamp of in-service certification: we hereby certify that the *** for my employees, provides English version eliminates the cost of translation to Notary Office.

2. copy of business license copy, you need to seal.

3. the original of the labor contract

4, ID card, residence booklet--original

The two of us notarization, my lg do I go for.

To a week's time. Notary Office will provide a one-page notarial instruments that prove your on-the-job notarized copy of the file itself is true, the notarial instrument for Chinese, does not require translation. Notarial instruments and you provide proof of serving the company seal (in English), plus a cover page, in two copies, one hundred dollars.

Besides providing Egypt Consulate contact.

Phone not like legendary so difficult to fight, I hit by many times.

Address: Shanghai Huaihai Zhong Road, 1375, Kai wah Tower, 19th floor

Zip code: 200031 Tel: 0086-21-64330622 64331020 64330502

Fax: 0086-21-64330049

U.A.E. air phone 32229999, operator services, feel the price is fair, recent activities is also very much.

If you buy their package (air ticket + hotel) also allows you to handle U.A.E. visa (Shanghai isn't U.A.E. Consulate). Can also go to their website, online booking, the price and on the phone.

Well, then began formal itinerary.

d1: dubai-cairo-alexandre

Noon arrival of Cairo, H1N1, airport or check quite strict, to fill the list with remote temperature measurement instruments.

The customs of the time, the couple can be a windowFor the first harvest in the Tribunal, to make you stood by, 2-3 minutes from a cave next to the passport back to you. All foreigners are going in this process, do not plug tips can too. The airport does not have a luggage storage service, we had to drag his own pile of luggage out of the airport. Egypt basic missed table taxi, airport there will be many drivers around you. We later first sat airport free shuttle from the airport and then hit the car, but still no taxi, later on a classic car, to giza aramu family bargaining to 55le, last drivers won't change, gave 60le. Here to thank Zhenyu, would like to go out, I heard that we had nowhere to put luggage, specially at home waiting for us in the past. Aramu now seems to have returned to Shanghai business travel service, China base in Cairo by Zhenyu guarded, but it seems more recently to Zhenyu company, it is possible to go after 6 month the students would not find the "organizations".

From aramu House taxi to giza station, 5le, bought the evening go to luxor's sleeping train ticket, 60usd/person/one way, two people, a private room, beds only accept u.s. dollars.

The ticket office in the train ticket window next to a temporary House, write a "sleeping car" is. Then take the subway to rameses station, direct from rameses station to Alexander, tickets almost every hour on the hour, 2 hours by car, when just missed a class, and so on for almost an hour. Fairly good condition, bought the tickets, seat 50le is spacious, air conditioned, but open out soon locomotives is broken, a waste of 2 hours.

8 p.m.-the Alexander, in the old station, you should wait for a station, to the new station.

The old station was renovated, chaos. In doing business in China local old lead found the ticket window, bought the tickets for the next day to return to Cairo. Originally wanted to go back to 12 points, but also in the afternoon to see Egypt Museum, but the train or 10 point or 14 point. But the old station ticket office only Arabic, even if reluctantly recognized Arabic figures, also do not know which is back to Cairo, not locals lead must not. It is said that you can also choose to sit on the bus, it seems to be many, many flights, you are on the road longer.

Accommodation: hotel triomphe.

Don't know the local people started to leave in June, the hotel is very tight, no advance booking hotel comparison inadvisable. Hotel triomphe is we carry around in other people's travels in the interim. Originally wanted to go to hotel union, have been booked out that night. Hotel next to the sofitel triomphe, a vintage building, 6th floor, there is the need to manually open the original iron and wooden doors and often stumped by the old elevator, but we basically walk. Hotel boss English is good, room storey high, is feeling a bit older, bathroom dirty. On a night without 90le early. A corner of a room with two balconies, you can see the Eastern Mediterranean, is outside the Beach Road, noisy, and outside of the tram (small car) but also to 12: 30. We chose a middle of the room, although can not see the sea, but relatively quiet.

Traffic:

Taxi call table not basically no air conditioning but relatively poor condition.

The Road stopped just on price, near point of 5le, far point of 10le. Taxi drivers in most English is not good, to be prepared in Arabic the name of the destination. To destination most drivers will ask for tips, you can not give them nothing more than preparing opinions invested point change.

Train more clean, train ticket on the train number and seat number, but there is no platform number, need to ask the station staff.

The station is divided into old and new station, if you want to go to the library and the coastal road that, should the new stop, walk to most places. Old station taxi to the Beach Road Hotel 5le.

Food:

Rameses in Cairo railway station there is a gate of the juice, eat Strawberry juice and honey melon juice, 3le/Cup strawberry sauce, cucumber juice residue no filter clean

Rameses railway stations there is a small cafe, something is not expensive, mango juice (now not mango season, this is the only drink one cup of juice mango) 5le, bread with a piece of beef 7le.

Triomphe hotel is next to a small market, introducing us to the boss locals favorite snack bar, it seems that what's eating mohammed felafel (vegetarian meatballs) and foul (boiled beans mud), per capita consumption 5le, the taste is not very fit.

Vegetarian meatballs feeling is green mud + flour in fried in oil. Offer a few spare local features pickles, white bread and sesame paste (white bread, local many, very tasty).

d2: alexandre-cairo-luxor

Morning lie-in, turn right at the hotel is the Eastern Mediterranean, the deep blue sea, beautiful.

Alexander beside the sea, so the temperature is very appropriate. From the hotel by walk 20 minutes, is the famous library of Alexandria, it is said that the $ 2 billion, a very modern interior. Time is limited, no go. Library opposite the Beach Road towards the depths of the walk is the open-air cafes, close to the sea, the environment is very nice, 6-7le per capita consumption. Then take the mini bus, the fish market, a meal. Then there is the train back to Cairo, take the subway to old cairo looked vacant Church, it seems to be four or four and a half to close the door. Call returned aramu home 10le. Night from giza station (all sleeping train depart from here) to sit for the night of the Orient Express to luxor.

Transport: bus along the seaside road, mini, there are many, 0.5

Le/people, feel free to pick a better condition.

From alexandre back to Cairo to buy tickets, better than 35le 50le seat slightly small, almost all the other conditions.

This time around luxor, platform, a crane, each vehicle is late-bound for 20 minutes.

Orient Express is a bit old, 60usd ticket is a private room, seats open to a beds can sleep. Rooms with wash-basin, water small like tears. Does not provide toothbrushes, two towel and two glasses. Car with dinner and breakfast, meals on domestic flights. Dinner drinks not included, breakfast coffee or tea. Bed need specialized tools to open and close, there is a need to call the conductor. 9 p.m. more drive, the next morning to 7 points more.

Food:

Fish market is a lot of people recommended by the hotel, is located in the Eastern Mediterranean on the edge, you can eat while watching the sea side.

Direct look at the raw seafood cuisine, you can choose grilled or fried, processing fees have been included in the price. Jumbo shrimp 195le/kg (almost 7le one), large shrimp/super jumbo shrimp (heads larger name shrimp) 295le/kg, sea bass, grey mullet counts down the 20 + le a, crab almost 8 bucks for a season, may not thinner. Salad 9le/person, including a variety of seasoning sauce and vegetables, herring salad is not good, we do not know the word of the hotel to us, we think it is that there's no 9le request returned, when find billing, wasted we 10le. Egypt white bread 1le/a, large bottle of water 10le/bottle. Seafood soup with a little crab, shellfish and squid, le 20 more. We ate salads, sea bass, grey mullet and a bar, jumbo crab fish only, 2 1 only, seafood soup, water bottle, a total of 135le. Alexander meal fees are not taxes. The same fish market in Cairo Nile side also has a poor service, plus 10% of tax, do not go.

Aramu home next to farms, which have a juice stalls of melon juice, Strawberry juice, there are 2le/Cup

d3: luxor

The train down directly to sit a wagon (5le) go to the felt Kanak Temple Road quite far.

Tickets 60le. See the Nile in basalt, or quite magnificent. I feel such a spectacular like the great wall of China great wall is also the same, may be more ambitious. Taxi (6le) to the Luxor Temple, the nearest found a hotel stay. Rest, go to abu hager barbecue lunch, afternoon booked from the hotel feluca (140le), Nile sat junk to watch the sunset, the banana Islands, feel good. Ate supper at sofra, back to the hotel, the hotel balcony pumping smoke, drink lemonade.

Feluca: highly recommended.

Private yachts, ships 1-2 a sailor, the rest is your world. The boat will some cushion cushions, color-rich. Purification by the wind, no noise, very pleasant. A total of 2 and a half hours, the days of hot, we are 5 points on the ship, seven o'clock in the boat to watch the sunset, 7: 30 back, then visited the banana Islands over 40 minutes. There are several banana Island, in the West Bank of the Nile River, the island is really kind of a lot of bananas. Our sailors ahammed home in banana Island, a dilapidated dirty little house. Also see small crocodile fish, papaya trees, fig trees, banana flowers, eating bananas free of charge. Ahammed also ship gave us a very tasty mint tea. Accepted service, remember that appropriate to tip.

Food: abu hager barbecue shop, relatively large kebab shop, we live in a hotel in 10 minutes.

Noon business, we are the only guest. Point a kebab (roast lamb block), lamb chop half pound, there are half a chicken, a total of 78le. Feel a little less than the quantity, lamb chops taste good, relatively juicy.

Sofra, Egypt features restaurant, on the second floor of the thatch balconies comparison, each table is different, the pendant on the table.

Point a potato beef stew, is my visit to eat the most delicious dishes of Egypt, fill the Dove inside rice is a bit stiff, Dove is a bit thin, to feel normal. Send Egypt bread. Freshly squeezed fruit juice to sell 10-12le a Cup, gave up, continue to point flood (8le). 80le-have been eaten.

Weather: noon and evening two pieces, and the afternoon was hot, try to avoid.

Live:

Nefertiti hotel: 100le/night, very clean, lonely planet has introduced.

The hotel location is very good, just as the luxor temple and commodity markets, has a beautiful terrace, you can see the River, to the ferry terminal and feluca can walk. Balcony with billiards, available for guests use free of charge. Borrowing their computer Internet, 5le/hour, but not the Chinese, the Chinese website. You can also drink on the balcony, pumping smoke, watching the beautiful starry sky, really pleasant. The room is not big, but very clean. Hotel reception mohammed is a very passionate handsome young man. The time did not see the shopkeeper Aladdin, is said to be a young man. The only drawback is that there is also next to the mosque, noisy in the morning. Downstairs is the hotel's own open-air restaurant, after 12: 00 in the evening will be quiet.

d4: luxor-cairo

In order to avoid toxic Sun, we get up 5 points

By ferry6 point more to the West Bank. And a total of France and carpool 24le, from the ferry to the Temple of Queen hot chicken soup (hatchesut temple). A distant temple structure, over the bare stone temples mountains reach the Imperial Valley. Imperial Valley visited three vaults in the East, after back to lotus had lunch, then stayed in the hotel's terrace bar nefertiti playing billiard, surfing the Internet. 5 pm after purchasing the shop door silver jewelry, travel point 7 points more Orient Express back to Cairo.

Attractions:

1. hot chicken soup Queen Temple: the Temple because I heard that there is little, so just looking up structures.

Because over hill route begins at the temple next to the entrance of small commodities market, whereas we are booking Hall from the temple, so once someone to collect the tickets in the temple. Explains we just want to climb the Hill, just let us pass.

2. bare stone mountain: many people recommended lines over hill and then go directly to Kings Canyon resort.

Really bare stone mountain, the stone is relatively loose in some places, it is recommended to wear sports shoes, my crocs slipping in some places, and people step on the way a lot next to the cliffs. I and lg are the ass-level, intermediate I almost gave up, but considering the climb down will not climb easily, or barely reached the peak (box). The mountain road in the box next to it, do not reach the height of the box, there are red arrow, paint brushes down way to smooth good to walk a lot. At the top of the Hill you can see a picture of the Imperial Valley, the scenery is good, lg said like the Grand Canyon in the United States. We spent almost half hour 1, if it is estimated that the donkey for 45 minutes you can get. Proposals to make climbing, 9: 00 after sun exposure to climb the Bald Mountain is too painful stones.

3. the Imperial Valley: while the mountain arrived at the scene, because to enter the vault to recount, so would also like to take the scenic trolley go out to buy a ticket, 2le/person.

Imperial Valley fares 80le/person, you can see three vaults. We see a tingduo vaults is closed, the weather was warm, with the exception of tutankamen II now has a wooden Pavilion, elsewhere is the exposure to the Sun. Tomb very sultry, tingduo catacombs also lined up, we are making a casual look at the inside of the mural.

4. door farmers like: two large stones like, view pictures, do not need tickets.

Traffic:

To the West Bank can take the ferry, 1le/person/one way, you can go directly to the ticket bought.

The condition is true, the ferry is not crowded, there are seats. Large tour groups directly go bridge, local residents and fit more by ferry.

Ashore to attractions you can hit the car, see other visitors can try to carpool.

Look beyond the dock, mini bus is bullying tourists, obviously 0.5le, see tourists say to 10le. Our 4 person, no air conditioning in the taxi, from Terminal to door farmers like short stay, and then to the ticket office, and finally to a hot chicken soup, a total of 24le-4le tip.

Diet:

1. lotus: Temple of luxor on the market inside, next to the first floor is the lotus net café, on the second floor is the hotel.

Noon till evening stays open, have air conditioning. Layout is nothing special, but very clean. Jar meal well (like call tagen), and as sofra stew cooked, we point out a beef, are sufficient. Fish fried with butter Philippines, very fragrant. Each of the staple foods are sent rice or fries. Flood 8le a bottle. Total spent almost 80le.

2. snack time: also in the opposite the Temple of luxor, McDonald 's, next to have a supply of fast food and confections.

Packaging a grilled prawns with long sticks bread, think like, half a long stick bread to 18le.

Shopping:

In Luxor Temple side of the market, which, in addition to the main temple has a number of shops along the way.

Shop shopping environment is relatively good, some shops outside Hung hassel free sign, which indicates that no one around you, you can set the heart. Many storefront including small vendors in business hours are from 9: 00-14: 00, 5 p.m. (or even 7 points) to 11 pm. Among them, this time do not know is that they go to NAP or to go to church, but many shops are closed business. I am in the main road of a jewelry store bought can put names with Egypt hieroglyphs written on top of silver pendant, including processing fees is 5le/800 g, colors is useful in Arabic, is carved on the 800 mark. Bought four, processing time is about 1 hour, 4 above to 1 and a half hours. Also bought a nefertiti's pendant, hat is pierced, very pretty, 35le. The store can accept US dollars, according to the day's exchange rate. The shop owner is good, because it is their facade, the price is quite reasonable, the service is also very good, shop owners or graduated from college. Next to a larger, silver to 10le/g.

d5: cairo

In the last day of Egypt, 6 am more train arrives in Cairo, giza station.

Since the pyramids giza district in, so we decided to go directly to 8: 00 before the door of the pyramid. At the train station is just a pile of drivers of bargaining and, finally, to the train station from giza 15le pyramid. In the pyramid at the door waiting for 1 hours, becoming the first to enter the pyramid of the day. Waiting for someone to chat up during may from time to time, to our camels, or said that as long as the camel can advance into the scenic also don't ticket (I think it is a lie), there are people walking around with our alley, next to that they used to be from now on the walls of the side to be built into the scenic spot, the man in the US after the purchase of tickets also overlooking change of 10le when a tip, had not given him. And then went to Egypt Museum. Noon in Cairo's fish marKet for lunch. Afternoon rest in aramu home Internet, evening flight to Cairo turn Dubai back to Shanghai.

Attractions:

Pyramids: still very worthwhile, especially like sphinx statue of tix, at the door a little disappointed to see that, feeling very little, walked into the discovery or quite large.

We went to a person who has set a certainty, Tuk took lots of photos. However, at that time seemed to repair, cannot come to see. Pyramid also go a long way, from time to time for someone to ask you not to ride a camel. Khufu's top has caused the collapse of 10 meters, outside weathering badly. The entire area a has two entrances, and therefore they do not backtrack. Tickets 60le/person

Egypt Museum: be sure to remember the door in the yard shoot good photos after the camera into the yard entrance window there, will give you a numbered wooden plates, I brought up when there are Chinese people say things people ask them to tips, since I didn't have to, he also put the camera back to me.

I have no deposit, into the Museum after all the packages you want to find x-ray, was found after a camera that will let you return to the new hosting, is a waste of time. Thiebaud, lonely planet has specifically describes walking route and each exhibition hall, but feel that unless there is a lot of time, otherwise than rub a Chinese tour groups, take a guided tour go well, guided tour of the interpretation is generally very Chinese appetite, very funny and very easy to understand. The second floor have tutankamen II Golden mask and a series of tombs dug out treasures, many jewelry look and now also the same, then in addition to its size and quantity, it's making people Raspberry.

Eat:

Alexander's fish market hotel gave me a very good impression, who knows the fish market in Cairo really let me down, though on the Nile River, the landscape far than the Eastern Mediterranean, a piece of Nile water are greenish.

Hurting is no service at all, from the door to leave without any attendant said hello to you, or to order, the waiter only to local people, I get angry that I've been waiting a long time, he told me that another man before me to the hotel, just don't order counter. Because direct in, Zhenyu company under his guidance the white sesame paste, pickled Eggplant and tomato, salad, no to all, feel very Chinese appetite. Point 6 jumpo shrimp, a sea bream, a grey mullet, a plate of fish Filippov, a plate of fried squid, Egypt bread and water. Think do not Alexander of delicious grilled squid, squid, is very small. Cairo Hotels charge a 10% tax, eat a total of 230 le, think service is not good, didn't leave a tip. Suggest that you not to go.

In addition aramu door has a take-out restaurant, a box lunch 10le, there is a fish Filippov, shrimp and squid are coated in flour and FRY 's, after some local pickles, Egypt bread.

Prices very economic, remember that Zhenyu Arabic writing what you want and then past. Hear every to shop in a good mood, and also will let you try to eat a lot of things, eating eating is full. The restaurant business is good, many local people are lining up to buy food there.

Traffic:

From aramu home to the airport is an understanding of Zhenyu company help let the driver sent, eliminates the hassle of bargaining, very cost-effective 50le.

From Cairo to Dubai, a total of 3 hours, departure formalities are convenient, in the small window at the passport, the passport back later.

The airport's duty-free shops seem to be not cheap, nor too much choice, many souvenirs of the outside market than expensive also cannot bargain. After the boarding time, a priori the boarding pass to all the people on the inside of a waiting room (no bathroom), over the last 45 minutes before the announced that you can check-in. Flight by 2 hours later because someone is heart disease on the airplane, so alternate in a small city in Saudi Arabia, delayed for 2 hours, almost didn't catch back to Shanghai aircraft, not to mention at Dubai Airport is the world's largest airport duty free shop shopping. From Dubai to Shanghai 8 hours, because of the H1N1 influenza, there is the "after the plane landed heavily armed" medical staff hands-on laser with temperature, however the amount of oral temperature of also. If there is no accident, about 30 minutes by plane. Also fill in a form, and immediately before someone audit table information, such as the next residence address or something, but also one to detect the temperature of the door, the team very long, 45 minutes before the arrival. Probably a total to a half an hour to the airports.

(Alexander see Eastern Mediterranean)

(Kiss Sphinx Stix)

(Pyramid)

(The Temple of Luxor at sunrise)

(feluca)