If you want to target turned out to be a warning for running U.S. State Department over the last 12 months, you can also travel with a group. Or if you travel alone, or if you do not want a lot of “thinking” to spend his time during the next visit to venture far, the group would be the answer.As I traveled to Egypt a few years ago, there were some problems, nothing serious but Egypt was listed on the warnings of American States Travel Department. I was traveling alone and I had a security group to a group of 10-day cruise to Egypt. I traveled from San Francisco to JFK in New York, then Paris, then Cairo, Egypt.
Egypt has had some problems with terrorists and American citizens were involved in incidents, so that “all stay together” idea was already in my head. When we landed at Cairo International Airport, we saw guards walking around the airport with machine guns at the rear. As soon as I saw it, they never had a problem with me stay with the group. Sometimes, during the visit ancient sites, I was a little excited and move to the group. It was the memory of the machine guns at the airport and our tour guide said, “Let’s stay together,” I find now and join the group.
Saving the reason for this article. “Stay with the group” is the theme of our tour was veiled. It was not hard to do because we had a coach to us (air conditioned) and our guide spoke excellent English. A couple of old ladies on the tour stopped me from lying about where I go for morning or afternoon. They wait in the hotel lobby and catch me when I when leaving the lift. “Free Time” was scheduled to visit, but our group had grown close and pretty much stayed together. Our group consisted of couples, students, seniors, professionals, retirees, and for me. We were a regular United Nations of the United States.
In Cairo, women are not allowed in the casinos at night without a male escort. Thus, women ready, the men share their husband with attention all single women on the circuit. There was good clean honest survival strategies. For some reason I forgot to mention in the tourist brochure that women are not allowed in the casinos without an escort. (Yes, they have casinos in Egypt).During my stay in Cairo, I wore a headscarf when I was not there. Cairo was living at that time more than 14 million people there and 75% were Muslims and 25% were Christians. Although I am not Muslim, I felt more comfortable on my head and mix with the Muslim population.
Our tour has something like that, day tour featured the Egyptian Museum, pyramids and Sphinx of Giza, the Solar Boat, the Citadel, the Hanging Church and the famous Bazaar over a period of 3 daysThen it was time to leave the train to Cairo to Luxor to begin our Nile cruise. Our train was at night and we had privacy bed was not a problem. During the train ride on the road, small towns and the lives of the Egyptians, to see, we had time to think, to have all the information, history and the lessons that we had met at Cairo.
We sail from Luxor to Aswan (Aswan is the gateway to Africa and was a prosperous trading town at the crossroads of ancient caravan routes) and then began a flight to Cairo) The river boats back from Aswan to Luxor , so that a number of Americans on another tour flew to Aswan and back to Luxor.Once aboard the luxury cruise ship (small), it was like floating in the air, where images of the ancient banks of the Nile can be seen in all cabins and dining rooms. The cruise revealed the most intimate details of the river. The ship was very modern and the ancient sites were exceptionally. It seemed they were caught in a time machine.It took a few trips to the places mentioned in the Bible. I recommend for tourist information about Egypt