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It’s that time of the year when I look at my annual trip to Luxor from Heathrow. I was shocked to see how much the fares have risen since the start of hostilities in the area. I normally use...
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On the bright side Crewmeal, you will get dropped off at the terminal and the automated self check is right in front of you, slightly to the right, and it's a breeze,
Scan your boarding pass at any...
Strolled along from the W.P. to view the Temple Hotel , which TUI are advertising from Manchester. It is, of course, the old Morris Hotel , which had been advertised for sale for £4million the last I...
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That was certainly ambitious, even back then in 2010.
Thank you Teddyboy 👍
Just had the latest UK Government travel advice for Egypt.
One paragraph states:
on arrival in Egypt – approved airports have kiosks before you reach the immigration counters where you can buy a...
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I wonder if they’re giving free visas for direct flights to Luxor like they did last year. Raising visa costs won’t help tourism especially at a time like this.
I have been looking at direct flights to Luxor to avoid a 6 hour stop over in Cairo, caused by Egypt Airs cutting back on Cairo to Luxor flights. It's only 1 hour from Cyprus to Cairo, and 1 hour...
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Thanks for all your replies, it does seem a problem! I had looked into Roll on Roll off Ferries that go to Alexandria, thinking I would take the car with me and drive down to Luxor, but the problem...
I had noticed many years ago, that there is clearly a Nile side water entrance to Luxor temple on its west side.
The channel is clearly there and the end of the entrance at the temple is flanked by 2...
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...
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