Luxor4u

BENNU wrote:

HEPZIBAH wrote:I have generally found, from observations based on reading travel sites, that the people who complained most about Egyptian Tummy tended to stay in the higher class of hotel, rarely ventured out and if they did would not dare to eat out. That being the case they also came into contact with very little Egyptian cash. I put the Egyptian Tummy down to very different things than the money.

I have taken many chances in Africa and lived on street food for months without any problems. The only places where I have become sick are at five star hotel breakfast buffets.

Likewise!
I'm very good at advising people to use hand gel etc. and usually carry a bottle with me everywhere on holiday. Then I realise, and this has been very much the case in Luxor, that I get up and go out, shake hands with numerous people, handle the cash and even grip notes between my lips of teeth if I'm juggling bags etc, use hand rails where possible when getting on and off the ferry etc, eat street food, visit homes and eat with families sitting on the floor and sharing the communal platter and water vessel having rinsed my hands under cold water if possible. And so it goes on. I then get back home and realise I still have a full bottle of hand gel!
I've either built up a strong resistance to tummy bugs or I've been very fortunate - or both!

HEPZIBAH wrote:
Likewise!

I've either built up a strong resistance to tummy bugs or I've been very fortunate - or both!

Likewise!

Before moving to Egypt I holidayed regularly here , 3 or 4 times a year. Every time I'd be struck down by "Tutankhamun's Revenge"......sometimes before touching down ( obviously psychosomatic anticipation).

Since living here, more or less continuously....nada....zilch.

Then again, I rarely eat out. I'm pretty sure it's the hygiene in restaurants & hotels largely to blame.

newcastle wrote:Before moving to Egypt I holidayed regularly here , 3 or 4 times a year. Every time I'd be struck down by "Tutankhamun's Revenge"......sometimes before touching down ( obviously psychosomatic anticipation).

Since living here, more or less continuously....nada....zilch.

Then again, I rarely eat out. I'm pretty sure it's the hygiene in restaurants & hotels largely to blame.

You missed out the words ''lack of.''

Huh?
So does this mean both the notes and the coins will be in use at the same time? I haven't seen or used a pound note in years! And its going to reignite that age old debate in the shops over which one is legal since no one knows nowt in this country.

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Goddess wrote:Huh?
So does this mean both the notes and the coins will be in use at the same time? I haven't seen or used a pound note in years! And its going to reignite that age old debate in the shops over which one is legal since no one knows nowt in this country.

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Of course it does. The only reason there were no LE1 notes left for those of you living in Egypt to worry about is because returnee visitors such as me stuffed our purses with them so we could have small change on arrival. (And so that we could have a 'sniff the country' memento.

Urrrgh

I'd forgotten that whiff. Please don't bring it back! The other notes don't seem to stink half as bad as that one.

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