Egypt

[Mr Orlando]

Im off to Eygpt in March

Anyone been ... any tips to offer

Staying in Sharm El Sheik

[KillerPenguin]

not been but its good for diving.

great coral & reefs

[sunnygirl]

I been Rob but only to Cairo and Luxor - I have some friends who went to Sharm El Sheikh and they said it was bloody hot - if that helps LOL :D :D :p

[Mr Orlando]

thanks SG

Its not gonna be that hot in march i hope

and yes im going diving there too


cant wait

[ADRIAN C]

Wheres Disneyland in Egypt :confused:

[Mr Orlando]

just on the right past Universal Egypt

[ADRIAN C]

Thats ok then :D

[Mickey Mouse]

Im off to Eygpt in March

Anyone been ... any tips to offer

Staying in Sharm El Sheik

heres a tip. never drink and drive :p ;)

[Mr Orlando]

really rob


has anyone got any decent tips to offer

[sunnygirl]

Another tip, and I am not joking, is take some immodium. Virtually everyone gets a jippy tummy at some point on their trip - you can't avoid it, even drinking bottled water, avoiding ice in your drinks, salad etc etc. Somehow, you will get it LOL.

Another tip is take lots of money to tip!!! They expect tips for absolutely everything, and I mean everything. It is easy to spend a fair bit of money on tipping alone - and if you don't tip you get really rubbish service lol.

Also a must do is visit Cairo and see the pyramids at least. And watch out for the people selling you items, they have the funniest banter - quoting things like Cheap as Chips and the Asda jingle. (Well it amused me lol). :D :D :D

[Mr Orlando]

thanks for the tips sg - I never go on holiday without imodium


and I take it youve been egypt then

[KillerPenguin]

It will be mega hot - so keep knocking the liquids back (its even better if you are on an AI package)

LOL


Have fun

[Mr Orlando]

yeah ive got that covered LOL

and i am on an AI packege - which im looking forward to

[gloryboy]

we had a great time at sharm el sheik.
didn't dive but saw plenty of colourful fish(think finding Nemo) just snorkelling. we went in august and it was scorchio hot.
you will get dodgy guts, we went to local pharmacy and were right as rain within the day!
we found it hard to spend money as you will if you are all incl. tip at the end of your hol.
take a taxi ride for a thrill/scare!!!
the driving test there is show you can drive forward and reverse, they don't use headlights for fear of running down battery. they pay no attention to lanes etc. or no. of seats in car.
hope you have a great time.

[Mr Orlando]

lol thanks for the heads up


PS where abouts did you stay

Im booked in to Coral Sea Resort

[sunnygirl]

Hey GB - I had forgotten about the driving lol - absolute mayhem. They also honk their horns at anything and everything. :D :D

[Mr Orlando]

cheers thanks for the warning

[gloryboy]

we stayed outside of the main naama bay resort near the hospital. the main part was very busy!!
we ate at the hard rock cafe there, 3 course meal with cocktails etc for 5 of us was around £50

[marksarahL]

thinking of going to Egypt in October, just wondering what your hotels was like MR O, as that is one we are looking at?

[Mr Orlando]

Hi MarkSarahL

Couldn't fault the hotel, fantastic. Very clean, staff ever so friendly. Rooms are very spacious.

Food was faboulous. Large selection of everything you could wish for. They had Theme Nights in the buffett restaurant every night and there is a Italian restaurant that you could use once.

Location is about 10-15 minutes transfer from the Airport and the main city centre Nama Bay (think thats how you spell it) is about a 30 minutes drive away - The hotel did put on a coach with varoius departure & pick up times - £1 each


Entertainment is by First Choice reps in the day and in the Evening.


The only bad thing was the occassional airplane going overhead (flying low either landing or taking off) but there wernt many to disrupt the holiday.


Any more info on the hotel please ask, and i have some photos somewhere too