Reply to: Unrest in Egypt, should I go?

[DimPrawn]

The end of Sharm el-Sheikh? Islamist parties call for ban on Westerners drinking, wearing bikinis and mixed bathing on Egyptian beaches | Mail Online

Oh Dear

Never buy property in a Muslim country. It's for that reason I'd never be tempted by a villa in Turkey.

[Waldorf]

I would avoid the whole of that region at the moment, never know which place will erupt next.

[Pondlife]

Didn't you buy somewhere in SSH AP?

If not, I'd look elsewhere. If you did, then since it's not likely to get better in the immediate future you might as well see how bad it is.

But as Cojak mentioned, it's no longer on our list of places to visit other than in transit (as I quite fancy a cheeky week in Dahab over easter).

[MarillionFan]

Personally I think Egyptians are bastards. I base this purely on a buying trip there about 5 years ago when someone threatened to kill me and attacked me in the hotel lobby.

Bastards. Tell them MF says they're all bastards.

[suityou01]

Your not in my league

With spelling and punctuation like that were definately on the same team.

[TimberWolf]

Is it safe to get in the water yet?

[alreadypacked]

You're certainly not in the premier league.

No, I find football very boring.

[sasguru]

Your not in my league

You're certainly not in the premier league.

[alreadypacked]

Yep you should go. One less contractor means more contracts. Boomed.

Your not in my league

[suityou01]

Never had a problem going to Egypt even during the last troubles.

Never had a problem going to Egypt even during the last troubles.

But currently don't feel too good about going next month.

Current polls show Muslim Brotherhood will get about half the vote. Extremist will get 25% and others will get the rest.

From my reading of the situation, the extremists will not gain anything by letting the election go ahead as they will lose. Even if they win the army would not let them take power. One strategy could be to try to take the army out now. They don't want people to have a normal life as they know they would not get into power in the future.

They will need to intensify the problems in Egypt, attacking tourists is one option for them. The Russians have already see that, and have stopped all tourist flights to Egypt last weekend.

Should I stay or should I go?

Yep you should go. One less contractor means more contracts. Boomed.

[Spacecadet]

According to the clash "If I go there will be trouble. And if I stay it will be double". So you should go and be in half as much trouble as if you stayed.

HTH

remind me to rep this later when I'm off the mobile and on a proper pc

[cojak]

I'd only drive through Sharma to get the the diving live aboard tbh.

[northernladuk]

Now I can add EARTHQUAKES to my list, FFS

Youm7 English Edition | Earthquake hit 4.1 on Richter scale in Sharm el- Sheikh

Certainly wouldn't be too worried about that... They happen all the time and are not reported

Significant world earthquakes in the last 200 days

and are common in the UK but no one raises an eyebrow.

Earthquakes around the British Isles in the last 50 days

[alreadypacked]

Now I can add EARTHQUAKES to my list, FFS

Youm7 English Edition | Earthquake hit 4.1 on Richter scale in Sharm el- Sheikh

[Hill Station Murthy]

I think there are two ways of looking at this.

The first is that these problems that are happening in Egypt are on the streets of Cairo which is hundreds of miles away form this resort where you will be staying and, as other posters have said, this resort is microcosm of western world where people come for decadence. These people that we see in Tahrir Square are not the demographic that one will encounter wandering the streets of Sharm.

The other way to look at this is that these people who protest in Cairo and these extremists may look at Sharm and think this is a microcosm of western decadence and decide to go there as it is soft target and inflict their anger on westerners there as they represent everything they are against.

But ultimately the decision must rest with you - there is no right or wrong answer when considering this. Personally I would go but I would keep my ear to the ground at all times when I was there.