Me and 4 friends are planning a trip to Egypt with 5000 American dollars each and we need some ideas of places to go. We really want to see some neat cultural places but we also want to see some places related to sports or activities. We need to go during a holiday so that we have school off but we’re not sure what times of year are holidays in Egypt. Any ideas?
Does anybody care?
I’ve been to Egypt before and trust me, 5000$ us is A LOT of money. You can start in Cairo and see the Great pyramid of Giza, you can take a cruise on the Nile, very beautifull, lost of mosquitos so make sure you bring some off with you. Then you can catch a flight to Luxor where ou can go visit the Valley of the Kings and the Museum. The flight is about 60$. If you also want to visit another place, so to Abu Simbel, also take a flight. It’s about 40km from Sudan. It’s very beautiful. The poeple will try to rip you off with prices, so always bargain. What ever they name you as a price, tell yourself that you can cut the price in half (even that they are ripping you off). If youw ant something, tell yourself that even if you say NO, they will run after you, so don’t be scared. If you are travelling with women, make sure, at least in Cairo to be fully dressed, t-shirts, no tank tops or cleavage shirts and always pants or long skirts. They might be harassed by men and women will look at them bad. I had water thrown on me in the market. There are other places too that are awesome. What i’ve named you are the "archaeological" places. When youtake cab, always ask for the price first. Bargain the cab ride as well, there will always be another cabby willing to take you in for cheaper then the other. They are crazy drivers, INSANE, but amazing.
Good luck, you might have a better time in Marroco though.
Perhaps you should have a look at some tour search sites that could help you with different tours in Egypt and get you in touch with some tour operators.
Try this tour search site for Egypt tours http://www.travelsearch.bugbitten.com/search_tours/TNT_online/trip_search/?search=Egypt
References :
TNT Magazine – Visiting Egypt
http://www.tntmagazine.com/travel/destinations/middle_east/egypt/default.aspx
I’ve been to Egypt before and trust me, 5000$ us is A LOT of money. You can start in Cairo and see the Great pyramid of Giza, you can take a cruise on the Nile, very beautifull, lost of mosquitos so make sure you bring some off with you. Then you can catch a flight to Luxor where ou can go visit the Valley of the Kings and the Museum. The flight is about 60$. If you also want to visit another place, so to Abu Simbel, also take a flight. It’s about 40km from Sudan. It’s very beautiful. The poeple will try to rip you off with prices, so always bargain. What ever they name you as a price, tell yourself that you can cut the price in half (even that they are ripping you off). If youw ant something, tell yourself that even if you say NO, they will run after you, so don’t be scared. If you are travelling with women, make sure, at least in Cairo to be fully dressed, t-shirts, no tank tops or cleavage shirts and always pants or long skirts. They might be harassed by men and women will look at them bad. I had water thrown on me in the market. There are other places too that are awesome. What i’ve named you are the "archaeological" places. When youtake cab, always ask for the price first. Bargain the cab ride as well, there will always be another cabby willing to take you in for cheaper then the other. They are crazy drivers, INSANE, but amazing.
Good luck, you might have a better time in Marroco though.
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