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 The train at Ramses Station in
Cairo by MalenaN
Arriving to Cairo in the morning with the night train from Luxor I and Rebecka from England, who travelled the same way as me, did not stay but went on to Alexandria. The 1st class tickets for Alexandria were finished so we got seats in 2nd class and the train was leaving in about an hour. The ticket was 16 pounds. In 2nd class the seats are made of a plastic material and they can be turned around to always face the direction of the train. A man walked through the train with a small carriage selling tea, coffee and snacks. I don’t remember the price of the tea but it was more expensive than in 3rd class. It takes about 3 hours to go from Cairo to Alexandria by train. In Alexandria the train first stops at Sidi Gaber Station were a lot of people will get off. We continued to the main station Masr station.
Alexandria - Cairo
We were five foreigners coming with the bus to Alexandria from Siwa and we were all going on to Cairo. Luckily the bus station is near to Sidi Gaber Station. Arriving to the station we asked a guard for the next train to Cairo and he said it was leaving next hour. But we guessed there was one going within a few minutes and hurried to the platform were we found a train to Cairo and jumped on. We came into 3rd class and were all lucky to get seats. The ticket could be bought on the train and was 10 pounds. The seats were not uncomfortable at all but better than 2nd class in my opinion (because the material they were not made of). Two men walked around selling tea, and it was cheaper than 2nd class. In Cairo the train stops at Ramses Station. Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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There is a high-speed ferry a few times a week going from Sharm el Sheik to Hurghada. It is supposed to take 1,5 hour, but when I went with it took 3 hours. The sites on board are comfortable and there is a small snack bar selling coffee (6 pounds) and tea, coke, crisps and sandwiches. If you feel seasick you better sit in the middle in the middle. The ferry leaves Sharm at 6 pm. You will need your passport. A ticket was 250 pounds (July 2005). Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 Tea stop on the way between
Siwa and Marsa Matruh by MalenaN
Going back from Siwa to Alexandria (there are no direct buses to Cairo) it was not possible to buy the ticket until the evening before, after 8 pm. If you are going to go to Cairo it could be quicker to change buses in Marsa Matruh rather than in Alexandria (as those direct buses take the desert road to Cairo and not the agricultural road). But be sure first there are seats available on the buses as many people from Cairo go to Marsa Matruh for holiday. The bus I travelled with left Siwa at 7 in the morning. To change to a train for Cairo in Alexandria was quick and before it got dark I had found a hotel room (after trying two other hotels first). From Siwa there is also a night bus to Alexandria. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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 Temple of Hator in Abu Simbel by MalenaN
The minibus picked up passengers at their hotel (me at 3.30 am) and then went with the convoy. It took three hours to go to Abu Simbel. We reached Abu Simbel around 7 am and got two hours to see the site before the convoy was leaving again. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 Suddenly we were one more
veicle in the convoy by MalenaN, 2 more photos
Finally we had to go with the convoy at 2 pm. A taxi driver agreed to take us for 150 pounds, but as we waited another taxi came and an English man and his son in that taxi said we could go with them. We paid our taxi driver some money before he left. In the convoy there was our car and a tourist bus. In the front there was a police car and in the back there was another. During part of the journey we lost sight of the police car, but closer to Luxor they put the sirens on. This way of travelling does not feel safer. It is really a way of telling, “Here the tourists come”. Isn’t it much safer to travel among many locals on the minibus we were not allowed to take? Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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Flying around Egypt may be quite expensive, so a better solution is to take a bus.
So my family opted to take the East Delta bus from Cairo to Sharm, I was told to be prepared for a 9hr bus ride, hmmm, that's quiet easy....
The bus seemed really nice. It was not so bad afterall, it had its own private bathroom and it even smelled good....WRONG!
After seemed like hours, I started to smell something that didn't smell quite right, i ask my brother what it smelled like, and he said it smelled like something we always would smell when a bathroom is filled with urine!
And that's when it hit me, the smell that filled the bus was of rotten urine! Somebody must have left the bathroom door open and it stank the whole bus up, Ewwww!!! The smell lasted for another couple of hours until we arrived, where in I finally breathed some fresh air. Suprisingly the passengers didn't looked bothered by the horrible smell! Sometimes, its better not to breath! Theme: Bus
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 by TheWanderingCamel
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 Along the road in Sina by MalenaN
I was going to St Katherine’s Monastery for which the only bus leaves at 7 o’clock in the morning. I arrived at 3 pm and had to take a taxi. I had heard stories (and have also read one here on VT) about taxi drivers stopping in the middle of nowhere refusing to go further with you in the car if you don’t pay more than you agreed of in the beginning. A taxi driver in a red minibus (if you are around Taba or Nuweiba and need a taxi his number is 0020127075078) offered to take me to St Katherine’s for 200 pounds and he seemed to be an honest man and the price correct. We stopped three times along the way, once for drinking tea and the other two times for me to take photos.
The drive took about 2,5 hours. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 by TheWanderingCamel
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 The step pyramid in Saqqara by MalenaNLeave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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