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Scuba Forum / UK Scuba / April 2006Red sea/cairo trip
I am thinking of going to cairo and the red sea in july but I am not sure if its safe. This is my itinerary: 3 days in cairo, 4 days on a nile river cruise going to Abu Simbel, Aswan Luxor, 3 days on a live aboard from hurgada to sharm, 3 days in sharm Can anyone give me any advice. Thanks in advance Jamie > I am thinking of going to cairo and the red sea in july but I am not sure > if its safe. This is my itinerary: 3 days in cairo, 4 days on a nile river > cruise going to Abu Simbel, Aswan Luxor, 3 days on a live aboard from > hurgada to sharm, 3 days in sharm Can anyone give me any advice. Safe? What are you frightened of? Flying? Diving? Being bitten by a camel? London is more dangerous. nigelH Terrorism. That¹s what I am referring to. On 3/7/06 7:17 AM, in article 440d7ae2$0$14378$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.com, "Nigel Hewitt" <nigelhewitt@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> I am thinking of going to cairo and the red sea in july but I am not sure >> if its safe. This is my itinerary: 3 days in cairo, 4 days on a nile river [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from > http://www.SecureIX.com *** > Terrorism. That¹s what I am referring to. Best stay at home then. I went to Sharm over Christmas, best time ever. Have a look at me diving, first day OW dives. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4887705150492009104 Going back August. Baz. > On 3/7/06 7:17 AM, in article > 440d7ae2$0$14378$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.com, "Nigel Hewitt" [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from >> http://www.SecureIX.com *** >> Terrorism. That¹s what I am referring to. > > Best stay at home then. Are you mad? People get killed by Terrorists in London. Get as far away from England as possible. nigelH >>> Terrorism. That¹s what I am referring to. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >nigelH Egypt: Special police to look after tourists London: Jean de Menezes > Egypt: Special police to look after tourists > London: Jean de Menezes lol. so true! > I am thinking of going to cairo and the red sea in july but I am not sure > if its safe. This is my itinerary: 3 days in cairo, 4 days on a nile river [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jamie Well, the plane could crash, the terrorists could bomb you, the boat could sink, the gas could asphyxiate you, and the food could poison you. All these things have actually happened, so on that basis it definitely isn't safe, but what's the alternative? Spend the rest of your life wrapped in cotton wool and never get out of bed? Go to Egypt and enjoy it! Watch the sun rise over the statues of Rameses II at Abu Simbel. Explore the temples of Abydos and Denderah. Climb inside the pyramid of Cheops. Dive the Red Sea. You'll have an unforgettable holiday. Cliff. " I am not sure if its safe." I seem to rememer this line from a film where dustin hofman was having his teeth drilled by the bad guys was that you Cliff. David :-) > Go to Egypt and enjoy it! Watch the sun rise over the statues of Rameses > II > at Abu Simbel. Explore the temples of Abydos and Denderah. Climb inside > the > pyramid of Cheops. Dive the Red Sea. You'll have an unforgettable holiday. david kirjoitti: > " I am not sure if its safe." > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>the >>pyramid of Cheops. Dive the Red Sea. You'll have an unforgettable holiday. Well, Cliff certainly is not one to hold back and knows how to make the best of a diving trip... http://www.nigelhewitt.co.uk/stuff/finland/P8270782.JPG Sorry, Cliff, could not resist <g> timo > " I am not sure if its safe." > > I seem to rememer this line from a film where dustin hofman was having his > teeth drilled by the bad guys > was that you Cliff. The Marathon Man. Matthias > I am thinking of going to cairo and the red sea in july but I am not sure > if its safe. This is my itinerary: 3 days in cairo, 4 days on a nile river [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jamie Hi! I think its safe(ish). I worked in Egypt for 2 years and have been back since about 5 times as a tourist. The ancient stuff in around Cairo / Luxor is amazing - truly world class. Luxor having more sights than Cairo and being less polluted (air pollution - like any big third world city is a problem in Cairo - mainly from the traffic). Further south like Aswan is excellent too. Although Abu Simbel itself is quite a long way from anywhere (unless you fly?). The logistics may be simpler if you go to Hurghada rather than Sharm as you can get buses/coaches between the two (or if you don't mind paying then you can obviously fly from Luxor to Sharm with Egypt air). I prefer the diving in Sharm personally, but there are a lot of people who believe that Hurghada is better than Sharm - either way the diving is great and there is plenty of night life at both locations too. So go for it. Holiday of a lifetime. Spend two weeks if you can rather than one. Jules. |
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