Luxor - Egypt
Hi all,
I'll be travelling next week with a female friend, would appreciate any tips on what to do, where to go, what to avoid and how to be safe as i've not been to the middle east before.
Thanks
I'll be travelling next week with a female friend, would appreciate any tips on what to do, where to go, what to avoid and how to be safe as i've not been to the middle east before.
Thanks



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you can even contact the man in seat 61....they are very helpfull n non profit...
Thanks for the tips, i'll try bear them in mind and try to explore as much as possible.
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My plans are to stay in cairo 1 day to see pyramids, and museum, then move tosharmal sheikh for Mt Sinai and st catherine..(its best if u se ethe sunrise at mt sinai)
then i will take a boat fuloota to Aswan from sharmalsheikh one day there then to Luxor by train or bus and then Abusibmble by bus one day in each place ..
i will come back from Aswan via night train or Flight to jump on my next RTW destination to London..
all in 6 days and 7 nights i know it wll be mad ruish but i have to do it..and willl
NsW - thank u too! I have been in touch with Intelligence and Heeray , they have given me a whole load of advice!
Can't wait now!! :)
otherwise my comment is that it definitely pays to go off the travelled path here! when we were in that area, some friends and i hired a driver to take us to the most remote pyramids we could find and that was one of the best days we had the whole egypt trip. u haven't really experienced an ancient old-world pagan tomb until u've been deep deep in the burial chamber of a cursed king with 2 million tons of granite on top of you, by yourself, with just a flashlight. :)