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Have just cut 2 freesia flowers & they smell wonderful :rs I wasn't sure whether they would grow here but gave it a try & after sitting around in the ground for a few months they have suddenly thrown...
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Love freesias as a cut flower and the fragrance is to die for!
I have just received a call from my friend Nagwa to say that there is going to be a MEMORIAL SERVICE at the crash site, organised by the Luxor Governorate TOMORROW (1st March). Anyone in Luxor who...
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Diplomats, local officials, attend memorial at scene of deadly balloon crash.
A memorial service was held in the Egyptian city of Luxor on Friday for the 19 foreign tourists who died in what appears...
This guide outlines visas and permits according to official procedures. Once you are on the ground in Egypt, you may be surprised to find your fellow expats...
A bit of unrest in Luxor this morning, outside Haggag Square between the Morsi Supporters and the non Morsi Supporters, plenty of shouting going on but no fighting. At the end of the day there is...
Please be extra carefull when out and about, and make sure you dont carry anything valuable in your bags.
This afternoon a women was held up by 2 men holding a gun, they fled off with her bag, for...
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We are all taught about the Ancient Egyptians ( all be it not the truth)
So, it's natural that many people will want to visit what they read about in skool . . :cool:
Does anyone remember the name of the film about the relocation of the ex-pat cemetery awhile back ?
If so could you post the name as I am endeavoring to view it's content.'cheers.
I should know as I...
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And they turned it into the Egyptian version of Tellytubby Land your not even aloud to sit there unless your an Egyptian gardener with loads of cronies to smoke the day/night away.
A friend has just reported they have seen about 30 army/police trucks, 7 armoured vehicles, cranes and diggers pass them in Medina street, Egyptians watching dont know what is going on, maybe they...
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They will be on the West Bank for months if they ever make it over here!! :lol: :lol:
There is already the concern about bottled water cropping its head above the skyline in Luxor. This has already been a problem in Hurghada and other places in Egypt, and it seems as though it is now...
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I see AVG are having a rout at the moment so watch out!!
Though the Ministers keep saying the fuel situation has finished on many occasions, this is not true of Luxor, just one scene yesterday from the petrol station on the right heading towards the...
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Ive no idea, it might be and on and off service providing the can get fuel.
Last night 3 stations in in Luxor had fuel (only 90 and 92 though) it seems like you have to still queue and wait for...
Is this the beginning of the end for tourism in Luxor? Why are so many expats leaving Luxor in large numbers and returning to their home countries in droves. Is it because they've had enough of the...
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Many of the foreign population living here would not think gin is a luxury!
Thinking of going home to meet up with my daughter while she is there on holiday from Australia, we have not met for almost 4 years and this seems to be the perfect opportunity. She has not set a...
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can only say that we had the best Christmas for a long time last year in Luxor - superb day with lots of friends - sail on the river then a meal and then a visit to a friends house - excellent and...
I have just spoken to the Egyptian Consular here in Istanbul to clarify any misunderstandings or confusion re long term stay visas for Egypt. I was advised by the Visa Consular Section that the...
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and I've had/got some great neighbours here.........who welcomed me and accepted me with open arms. In cha allah I will have again. :up
Just had a tour of the new Luxor Medical Center situated in St Joseph Street. Well worth a visit and to know that there is a very modern facility if I should need medical attention. The centre has in...
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Yes Teddyboy I have had my moments, although i can only just remember them. The first time my hand 'accidentally' touched one of these confounded contraptions i discovered, at the age of sixteen in...
Ragab Sone supermarket will open today at 5pm - Opposite Vodafone on TV Street.
I was told that it will be 5 floors high (not sure if all the floors are finished yet), Maybe other floors are for...
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KZman has my vote everytime!!! the guys in the store are wonderful, helfpul and obliging and the home delivery service is excellent!!! I've paid 5 LE when I was there in March/April, just before the...
Last night, within 30 yards of the manned Police/Military checkpoint in my street, fire bombs were thrown through the windows of a parked car outside the building where I live! A crowd of about 50...
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When an ostrich buries its head in the sand so it doesn't have to 'see' what is right in front of its face and acknowledge it it also leaves its posterior quite open and vulnerable. Bury your head,...
You may be interested to know that the Chairman of a Luxor charity wrote a letter to the Daily Mail in the UK that was printed in today's edition.
She was bemoaning the fact that she had not had a...
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I think its best to lock this topic, I cant see a problem in a charity asking where overseas aid goes to, some people are happy with LittleStarsLuxor others are not, but that can be said about all...
An increasing number of Egyptian young men are marrying foreign women who are older than them by 20 to 30 years
in order to escape poverty and to search for...
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GD. Don't spoil it for all us who have never experienced the fiasco!I,for 1 have never bought into the pantomime. Have own family,job,income and home.Would just be interesting to know what drives...
Yesterday evening at about 7 p.m. a dear friend, and a senior member of this forum was attacked by a man on a motor bike, who attempted to steal her hand bag. Nothing new in that A-Four, you may say...
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Following all the bad press of earlier this year and being offered a refund on my holiday if I decided to cancel I opted to stick with it and go to Luxor.
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