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Extract from the Egypt Travel Guides:
Egypt is the oldest tourist destination on earth. Ancient Greeks and Romans started the trend, coming to goggle at the cyclopean scale of the Pyramids and the Colossi of Thebes. At the onset of colonial times, Napoleon and the British in turn looted Egypt's treasures to fill their national museums, sparking off a trickle of Grand Tourists that, by the 1860s, had grown into a flood of travellers, packaged for their Nile cruises and Egyptological lectures by the enterprising Thomas Cook.
Today, the attractions of the country are little different. The focus of most visits remains the great monuments of the Nile Valley, combined with a few day...
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| To Do And See : Dahab |
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| For a chilled out couple of days go to Dahab in Sinai. It's on the way to St. Katherines Monastery and Mt. Sinai anyway. Plenty of hippies and everything that goes with that. |
 Posted by Michael Robinson on 17/04/2003 19:05:03 |
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Travelslang Egypt Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| Dangers : Dress |
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| "Modern" Egypt is definitely a third world country. People are poor and that makes them vulnerable to Islamic extremists, but yet you will find hospitality everywhere. Just keep in mind that you are in an Islamic country and choose your dress according to this, not to cause offence! |
| Posted by User Not Logged In. on 17/04/2003 13:47:39 |
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Travelslang Egypt Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| To Do And See : Things Not To Miss |
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| Sail down the Nile River just as Mark Anthony and Cleopatra and all of the Pharaohs did.
Sail on a Felucca ship to get the essence of Egypt the same as it was 3000 years ago.
We must ride a camel around the Pyramids.
Visit Old Cairo, especially the Khan-el-Khalili bazaar. This is where we can interact and bargain safely with the locals.
Catch the light and sound show at the Pyramid at Karnak.
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| Posted by User Not Logged In. on 17/04/2003 13:35:25 |
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Travelslang Egypt Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| Culture : Some don'ts |
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| The main religion is Islam, so women should dress modestly in public.
Don't over-do public displays of affection.
Don't ever pass food or eat with your left hand.
Don't add salt to your food in an Egyptian home, it is considered insulting.
Don't enter a mosque with your shoes on. Always remove your shoes outside the mosque.
Don't enter a mosque during prayer times, and remember Friday is their holy day.
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| Posted by User Not Logged In. on 17/04/2003 13:33:40 |
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Travelslang Egypt Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
| Other sources : Sinai in the bible |
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| "In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai..." --Exodus, Chapter 19
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| Posted by Michael Robinson on 28/03/2003 22:41:17 |
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Travelslang Egypt Travel Guides Opinions Tips & Advice
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