Egypt travel strategy

Security issues

Before I heard women tourists in Egypt travel is not secure.

As it turns out, not too. The trip from the Sahara to the Red Sea, from Abu SIM Bay to Alexander, very smooth. If you want to do the homework.

Preparations, refer to the following website:

http://www.alamu.com.cn/viewthread.php?tid=1704&extra=page%3D1

Each city has a visitor information center, located at the main train station or bus station, you can get the free local maps, and advice the hotel transport.

Take names and numbers of Arabic translation, very useful.

Transport

Bus

Egypt buses have ordinary bus, MINI BUS, at LUXOR, mostly MINI BUS, Cairo many, MINI BUS more convenient and flexible, on call.

Usually fare is 50 piaster, 0.5LE. I from liberation square to Giza, Midway also go on a car, a total of only 1LE. From LUXOR city to Kanak Temple MINI BUS 50 piaster (0.5LE). To Giza's bus has 997, 958, 227, 912, sit in the JISA Plaza, Liberation square bus station also has a car, the specific number car and forget. Liberation Square SHAM bus station a car to the airport, bus 356 and 27. But the car is go to TERMINAL 1 to TERMINAL 2, such as, in the half-way BUS SHUTTLE labeled TERMINAL2 waiting areas where to get off.

Care will have locals rub votes, deliberately to chat with visitors and tourists, looks like a group, not to buy tickets, bus ticket will take account of the tourists.

In Cairo and LUXOR have experienced such a person.

Train

Egypt train network

http://www.egyptrail.gov.eg/docs/index.html

Cost-effective is the second air conditioning compartment.

Aswan to Cairo 55LE, first class seating such as aircraft, adjustable rotation and spacious.

Clippers

Sharm el Sheikh to Joel and Desenzano 250LE.3 hours, low season you can buy the tickets directly to the Terminal, eliminating fees.

But not every day.

Metro

Cairo subway 1LE, railway station, El Bo, Hariri, etc., are all reachable.

A lady.

Hot air balloon

LUXOR hot air balloons 200-250LE/person, depending on the number and whether to see the sunrise.

Taxi

Small and medium-sized cities, from the railway station, bus station to the hotel or city-wide, usually 5LE, but drivers will offer 10-20LE. takes note of the owner doesn't allow it.

Wind yacht

Cut into 1/2 hour 20LE.

Accommodation

Cairo

Visit KING TUT lived, SUN HOTEL, ISMAILIA, recommended ISMAILIA, Tel: 27963122. recommended reason:

1. the location is good, Liberation square in a outlet SADAT station.

2. history, can be seen from the elevator, the kind of old fashioned lift.

3. the price is low.

Sleep 5 room 25LE/person, double room LE65/room, breakfast included. And a slant on SUN HOTEL St, HOTEL cheap than the SUN.

Alexander

UNION HOTEL

Address: 164,Avenue 26 July Ramel Station,Alexandria

Tel:4807312, 4807771,4807537

Fax: 4807350

Single-in-the-sea view room, breakfast not included 49LE, public bath, in-room with washing machine.

DAHAB

7 HEAVEN HOTEL

TEL:002 069 3640080

Single 30LE/room, a public bathroom, not including breakfast.

LUXOR

SHIRIEF(BOB MARLEY HOUSE)

Address: TELEVISION STREET

TEL:002 010 6465503

EMAIL:bobmarleyhostel2008@hotmail.com

Single 25LE/room, breakfast included.

In Egypt eat most sumptuous breakfast, fried egg, occasional fruit.

Above all during the quote 2009 Spring Festival, most packages breakfast accommodation, it's best to avoid the prior clearly on the breakfast was slaughtered.

A more detailed description see the following Web page:

http://www.backpackers.com.tw/guide/index.php/%E5%9F%83%E5%8F%8A%E4%B

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Diet

Cheese and bread are good, in Egypt basically breakfast eat both.

Fruit juices are also not have said, in LUXOR a juice, a large glass 2LE freshly squeezed orange juice, a full 8 orange juice a Cup.

There is also a place to sell bread with barbecue, 3.5LE, taste good, reasonably priced, and elsewhere to 6LE. both shops are TELEVISION STREET.

In Aswan market, there are two small boy in the streets selling a local pizza place dough like do India like pancake made thin, coupled with beef, tomato, green pepper, roasted in the oven, a big as long as 3LE.

Palm, not as dates so sweet so sick.

It is worth with hand letter, airport does not have to sell.

Fruit, sunny, a sweet.

Orange 2 .. 5LE/kg, Apple 7-9LE/kg. find a prices of fruits and vegetables stalls to buy.

Stew, the restaurant has a stew, like Guangdong's soup, a variety of vegetable stew into a small cup, taste good.

Tourist souvenirs

Sand caozhi painting, personally think that is of little value, in Egypt for real paper sand grass art, as in Hangzhou West Lake Longjing found really, want to buy a genuine public price seems to be impossible.

Even in the rumor sell genuine goods of SUNNY LAND, according to our observation that the outline of the picture is printed on, only fill section is hand painted. As for the sand caozhi or banana leaves, lay people are unable to tell.

Comparison of fine carving in stone, but also heavier.

Porcelain plate, copper plate, Hookah pots are good souvenirs.

Aswan market there is a bookstore, sale by Italy ebome publication of collections of books, is equipped with a large number of plates, Chinese version, 50LE, price is one-third of Thiébaud, worthy of collection.

Sand bottle art has a lot of character, but is not a long time.

Tip

To not give, give the number of visitors throughout the decision.

Public toilets, to half of Egypt fat man (LE). Received a ticket, such as Egypt Museum, Kanak Temple, can not tipping, self-supply of tissue paper. Essential balm（20G） may bring less, don't see people to Egypt, so as not to spoil.

Finally, please remember that Earth's civic virtue, the Red Sea to the fishing and touch corals, not to be a living coral reef, coral even Wo-end when moving, certain death!