Egypt travel--about Africa, go to Egypt (1)

Mentioned in Egypt people will associate the pyramids, the Sphinx, Nile, even thought the world famous film "tragedy" on the Nile.

But I came back from Egypt the deepest impression is Egypt's manxingzi, is free and easy, and the social order and chaos and order magically blend together, you can daily and Egypt were bargaining, or be overly enthusiastic people of Egypt (actually want to tip) scared, you forgot to pull the zipper backpack without loss, I play in Egypt neither see nor during didn't hear any tourists were robbed stolen things, it makes me sigh.

2007 September 24, night Shanghai — Dubai a bad start

My current trip to Egypt from the outset not smoothly, because the material to be late for a day and had to broker refused visas through travel agencies, the conditions are set by the travel agent to help me and the hotel cannot change and hand over 3 million deposit.

Pro before going out and found my box password lock disappeared, launching the whole family and I took of overhauling for twenty minutes at a corner and found it really imagine what will fall where the non-and my classmates to Pudong airport road tunnel outer ring road, close to the tunnel port saw a car and a set of cards in that queue, the next we were dumbfounded, as this traffic jam, when in the past, it seems that only the other way, before we turn around, you see the car behind the car around us in the past did not seem like a traffic jam, we discovered that in the back of a truck in front of the anchor block most of the road cause large vehicles cannot but car was no problem, let me a false alarm, finally arrived at the airport smoothly.

We excitedly to the specified counters boarding pass, close to seeing was around two snake, God, all are going to Egypt!?, do you have your boarding pass, when he used a security check for more than one hour, also a good two hours ahead of us.

We took the plane belongs to Arab Airlines, midway in Dubai, it is said that ' the aircraft's facilities and services quality is fairly good, look at you sure each seat has a small TV, seats and a more spacious, took out their program, Wow, the latest films, classic films, Chinese, English, Japanese, Arabic, you can play games, it appears that the long journey will not be bored. After eight hours local time 4 a.m. we arrive in the Dubai Airport, airport terminal we'd like to see a seven-star hotel in Dubai, blinded could not read. We want to stay in Dubai, 4 hours and therefore want to pretty in duty-free shops, Dubai Airport throughout the ground floor are duty-free shops, cosmetics, jewelry, jewellery, handicrafts, brand-name clothing, supermarket goods assortment, Hall ablaze, crowd crowded, as a city. Here 24 hours a day, while the Pudong airport at 10 p.m., after the majority of duty-free shops are close by, is in sharp contrast. In the duty free shop we met several times the same aircraft for the Chinese people know that they are not going to have to go to Egypt, Italy, the United Kingdom is in Dubai. But I think that these cities have direct access to the machine, turn it into trouble, as this is not my thing. Like shopping friends must be very happy, especially cheap jewelry, cosmetics, I bought the root Swarovski necklace, cheaper than domestic 30%!

2007 September 25, Dubai-Cairo frantic Cairo tours

The aircraft was on Egypt not many people on the plane, we still have space in the back, for some reason delayed for an hour before take-off, but the time in local time: 11: 45 arrival at Cairo.

Egypt and China's time is six hours, and turn the wait time we spent a total of 18 hours. Immediately replace the airport before my store Exchange 100 dollars, then the exchange rate is 1doller = 5.58L.E (EGP abbreviation), to come back one day prior to when you have to exchange the 1doller = 5.54L.E. Very strange El aircraft does not have to give us a guandan, only in the airport lobby Jonathan fill out, maybe I didn't burn out by a high comparison, my platoon of the team, particularly slow, my classmate in another team before the door, my team was also in the preceding jogged, finally my turn, it found that there are two people, one is giving another talk, I I wait, Halo! urgent died, but they talked each other quietly. I am worried that my luggage late will be towed away in this alien can do! finally customs, my classmates trot to the luggage Department, dial has been empty, when my eyes glimmer aiming to two porters of the cart is my suitcase, hurried forward stopped them and produce a baggage label, tell them this is my luggage, two workers were skeptical about the checked luggage labels, and label on the ticket, for consistency, the final confirmation that is my luggage, small car, bring me down. See the suitcase I heart gedeng, password lock was gone, I was struggling to find the password lock was gone. Not good, it seems that encountered the thief, previously heard colleagues turn often occur luggage is lost or stolen, I also don't believe that now it seems that this is not entirely undeserved. I quickly opened the suitcase rough check my article, didn't like, so I guess the students may be harsher when transporting luggage locks knocked off. I'm skeptical, because this is the password lock, diplomats brands should be quite strong so unbearable a hit until the hotel then double-check it. The Airport now has two drivers face up, one of the passionate English asked us where we said the station, he immediately said 60 EGP, "too expensive" I said, before I found a lot of information, read a lot of travel, and know that in Egypt the taxi price is not playing, the fare to bargaining table, I also do a psychological preparation, but my students say almost, because she would like to ask for a reservation of hotel sent a car to pick up, boss to pay per person, 60 EGP 60 has now two people, but we were cheaper to buy a train ticket to the station, now is the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, many shops are likely to retire from 3 pointsNo time for mushrooms. In my experience, from the airport to City Centre 40 is enough, but newcomers to you is not also to almost 40, 50.

Get to the station of Train ticket shop is already Sleeping two, I want to hurry up to buy tickets back to the hotel after a rest, but encountered Egypt person is not you, because you worry that he is not easy, even if you was like he was slow.

But their English pronunciation and China has very different from, say, Cairo (Cairo), I made a "UC" Lo, Egypt has made "a-mega" but the word of each tone is sent out, as I don't have such long English more sounds hard. I'm with two staff members saw a half-day, a total of 3 people, I want a single carbin (single room), they say not only double carbin (twin room), I said that they see on the site, they say no, really I am helpless, eventually even clapped ass away, typical of Egypt's free and easy. I had to turn the inside man, the man told me to order one box, immediately said "no problem", but have to pay US $ 82, give 2 dollars, when I was exhausted, but to recognize it. Things are often unexpected, I used the card to pay no brush out and give him money, but because their heads out and stood, he did not dare take the 2 dollars but find I 20 dollars. At this point almost 3 o'clock, really tired! this is over, the station to continue to bargain, my hotel in JISA area, drivers that is far away from the railway station, and also to 45 EGP, my classmate's Hotel in the heart of the city, I sent her the way to the hotel (second genius known drivers wrong not the hotel), and then to JISA district. Then comes at rush hour traffic severity, me sitting in the car a leisurely look at Cairo's Street, feels like going back to the 1980s, the narrow roads of Shanghai, motor vehicle traffic, pedestrian crossing everywhere, traffic order very confused, the road on both sides of the apartment is also very old, I can't help but worry that Egypt's law and order is secure. Through the city centre on a significantly lower overhead traffic flow, the elevated a turning will see a Blue River, the river like solidified were, in fact, this is because the water flows slowly and cause of illusion, the driver told me this was the Nile, really beautiful I praise from the heart to the river just docked at a luxury cruise, I just enjoy, suddenly the car is not moving, the original is broke, I'd like to get another vehicle, the driver has repeatedly asked me to sit not, he is off to push yourself, just open two push-down for a while, there are other people who came to help Egypt, intermittent 20 minutes finally launched, for an hour to get to my hotel, I am in the car have to be asleep. Hotel Bellman a received my luggage with you go, I want to talk to, but not to the fares, considering that drivers have carts are very hard, they gave him 50, proven heart cannot very well, the driver I have enough to 50 55, when I was tired and hungry which still have the spirit and his theory that I just stick a minute plus a 5 pound go.

In fact, 55 pounds fare has been doubled or more than, and then I came to know from the city playing table to JISA district but 24 pounds, like the black 20 pounds is enough, it seems that foreign knife than domestic faster and more aggressive.

The whole Egypt have pricing table for taxi, please remember to take out the yellow cab, this car has a price table, and a new air conditioned car, and get back to playing with drivers or drivers that have the table might not play table. If you are black, at least a half-price, pay special attention when Egypt people warm and ask if you had just come, you have to say she had spent several days, or you want to cheap price point would be very difficult. Hotel porters generally to give $ 1 tip, entered the room after I double check my luggage didn't really is the same, it seems that my classmate's analysis is right, so I suggest to you later to Egypt suitcase does not have to lock up (boxes don't put valuables). All clean up after I want to go to the nearby supermarket shopping, now is the local time at seven in the evening, the hotel receptionist told me two blocks and turn right to the supermarket, I follow their route a look see only a small two private supermarkets, not I think of the big supermarkets or convenience stores, I'm afraid it's too late for a human insecurity, want to hurry up to buy out back to the hotel, he entered the big point of view, in a supermarket goods tingduo but without premium, a seemingly boss man up and asked me what you want, I took yoghurt and small bottle of water in the two bottles, the boss said that to 6 pounds I was 5 pounds, and cut to last only cheap 0.5 pounds, the locals seem scan card to pay, to my cashier looked boss is no longer scanned, as plain as the nose to bully me this foreign visitors. But to be fair, Egypt's milk products is quite good, yoghurt taste mellow unlike domestic yogurt too dilute. In Egypt this hot climate, every day to add a lot of water, so be sure to buy a large bottle, bottle of water you drink over, this is my second day out of the experience.