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As an avid follower of the holiday section of ROB I came across this interesting feature regarding a Nile holiday/cruise.
A couple booked a 2 week holiday with a company called Holiday Jets...
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Many thanks crewmeal quite an horrendous story. It proves that unless you are wise to the events that can crop up booking over the internet, it is best to book through a dependable travel agent.
Yes it's that time of the year again...lol
My resident friends bring there guests around always highly interesting visitors.
My own guests leave tomorrow.
This year I asked my pals Whats the bests...
It seems that from various sources this visa increase has an immediate effect. If true.
Egypt has increased its tourist visa fee for the first time in a decade – visitors will now be required to...
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Just reading of all our various travels, I started thinking of Patagonia. I remember reading, as a very young teenager, the series of books by Richard Llewellyn: How Green Was My Valley, Up, Up Into...
I see that for UK citizens the visitor’s visa has gone up from £20 to £28. If you hand over £30 would you get change?
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Now that brings back memories Who2. Why? because I actually got on quite well with her. A long time ago the Visa used to last for more than 2 or 3 months and one year when I went to renew my Visa I...
Hi everyone, I am visiting Luxor soon and was hoping if somebody living there who uses a UK bank card could advise what the current daily limit is for withdrawing money from an ATM. I know all banks...
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Re: The West Bank Ticket Office Scams...
When cash was used lots of money disappeared.
Hawass introduced his own ticketing pocketing a fair bit, err..so the local stories go.
I’ve just had an email from the FCO stating the ‘new’ passport requirements along with visa requirements.
Not so long ago a minister for Egyptian tourism stated you won’t need a visa if you fly...
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Confusion reigns !!!
In reality, it was ever thus! The actual regulations were very rarely applied on the ground, giving us long-term stayers a false sense of security, but which was never truly...
I've received the following email from Egyptair about scam emails. I'm sure others will have received this email, but in case you haven't, I've copied and pasted below for your information.
URGENT...
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Yes, I received that email and realised it was a scam because it was asking for bank details and the security code and deleted it immediately
Thinking of booking my 3rd Nile cruise but realise things may have changed since my previous. I previously bought alcohol from Drinkies near the station - caught a taxi -and took it on board with me....
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Nile cruise ships/boats facilities and services grading are pretty much a mystery! We've sailed on about 14/15 of them and really only encountered 1 bad'un (the Queen Nefer!). As for the Viking...
Change made:
Information added about entry for people whose gender expression or physical appearance does not match the sex marker in their passport (‘Entry requirements’...
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Today's 'Learnt something new' is...
A male bear is called a boar.
A female bear is called a sow.
And, just for good measure... a group of bears is called a sloth.
Note to self: read, mark, and...
For the past few years travelling home from hurghada there has been an extra security check after duty free before going to gate. Is this the case at luxor airport or is it duty free then straight to...
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Thanks to David Cameron, these extra security check apply in most Muslim countries.
Totally a waste of time and random passengers selected.
I was subject to this check at gate 5 in Luxor airport,...
It may come as a shock to many regular visitors to Egypt that train fares throughout the country have in recent years risen quite dramatically for not just tourists, but also ALL non-Egyptians.
To...
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Yes Annie there is a bus from Luxor to Asswan called Super Jet, if you look directly at the rail station their office is on the right in a culture-de-sac. They usually leave about 6am and returns...
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