Reply to: Holiday to Egypt

[jamesbrown]

I've always fancied Iran. Nice people (all the one's I've ever met). Hub of civilization. Not a place for kids though.

Er, probably best to avoid if you travel regularly to the US.

[MarillionFan]

Casinos, strippers, hookers.

Yes. But I don't want to go to Brillo's house.

[DimPrawn]

Casinos, strippers, hookers.

[Troll]

WHS - I've heard the suburbs of Cairo have now mostly engulfed the pyramids, and these days they look little more impressive than the Milton Keynes point

Aye - one of the biggest jarring disappointments is seeing the Pyramids almost engulfed by sprawling Giza

[northernladuk]

WHS - I've heard the suburbs of Cairo have now mostly engulfed the pyramids, and these days they look little more impressive than the Milton Keynes point

It's a travesty. You come out of the pyramids area past the Sphinx, which is now a tatty light show, straight in to a tat shop/slum. It's a real shame. Once you've been you always have a wry smile on when you see the pyramids in the films surrounded by desert.

[OwlHoot]

Aren't the interesting bits all in the British museum anyway? WTF would you tempt fate by actually visiting the tuliphole? ..

WHS - I've heard the suburbs of Cairo have now mostly engulfed the pyramids, and these days they look little more impressive than the Milton Keynes point

[Troll]

I've always fancied Iran. Nice people (all the one's I've ever met). Hub of civilization. Not a place for kids though.

Not sure why you think that - all middle east countries that aren't currently self detonating are very family centric

[Pondlife]

I was in Sharm the week before the 2005 bombs and a month before the 2006 Dahab ones. (I must be on a list somewhere by now) and have been back a couple of times since. I've also been to London a load of times since 7/7 and flown to NYC 30+ times since 9/11.

Either get on with your life or stay indoors.

That said, Sharm itself has gradually morphed into a tacky neon-stripped sh1thole. The only reason we kept going back was for the diving which was spectacular. It's now waaay too commercialised. Sharm now is just awful.

Personally, now I'd go somewhere like Cuba for the same money and a much better experience.

[MarillionFan]

Iran is opening up to tourism - lots of historical stuff + sunshine + good looking wimmin if you can get beyond the cover up

HTH

I've always fancied Iran. Nice people (all the one's I've ever met). Hub of civilization. Not a place for kids though.

[Troll]

Iran is opening up to tourism - lots of historical stuff + sunshine + good looking wimmin if you can get beyond the cover up

HTH

[barrydidit]

I'm going in June. It's perfectly safe. All the terrorists are in Europe now.

It's the mauve monkeys you want to be looking out for

[MarillionFan]

What was your heart rate by the time you reached the top? Any damage done to the pyramids?

I see why they banned people from climbing them

There used to be four at Giza.

[NotAllThere]

...Anyone been and who thinks it's safe?

I'm going in June. It's perfectly safe. All the terrorists are in Europe now.

[jbond007]

Guess it depends on your appetite for risk. With the events in Egypt in the last 12 months, I would definitely avoid it. In an unfortunate event, you have a lot of options to get out of Paris, Brussels (flights, trains, ferry, car) but in Egypt, not only dealing with language and cultural barrier, the only way out is flight. Could be stranded for days before being allowed back home.

[FatLazyContractor]

I went a few days after the shootings in Luxor in 97, and I and my work colleague were one of the only people at the Pyramids, got to climb it which you couldn't normally do, place was swarming with police, safest I've ever been.

What was your heart rate by the time you reached the top? Any damage done to the pyramids?

I see why they banned people from climbing them