Rolfe
Adult human female
That was about it. Actually, I only heard about the start of the trouble because I phoned my mother in Scotland to check she was OK, and she'd seen it on TV!
Rolfe.
Rolfe.
Egypt 2011
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Darth Rotor
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Any trouble leaving Egypt via the airport?
Rolfe
Adult human female
No, none at all.
Our itinerary had us leaving Sharm for Luxor early in the morning of 26th January, and the flight was caught easily and left on time. We arrived at Luxor about nine, and had the whole day to spend there before catching a 6.30 flight for Manchester.
We got a taxi driver to take us to a good hotel, and he recommended the Sofitel which was a very good call. We paid a small amount of money for a courtesy day room there and spent most of the day lounging by the pool in the sun, admiring the view over the Nile to the Valey of the Kings.
I went out for a short walk to offload some kiddie treats I'd brought with me and still had as we hadn't encountered as many waifs as we'd anticipated. I met a couple of small children attached to a scruffy little shop and an even scruffier house next to the hotel, and spoke to their father. I gave him the sweets and the pens I had, he thanked me, and we shook on it. This was all within yards of a "tourist police" checkpoint guarding the luxury hotel.
The taxi driver came back for us mid-afternoon and took us back across Luxor to the airport. Didn't see anything untoward at all. The airport was busy with returning holidaymakers, but everyone was simply happily finishing their planned holiday. The only problem was the air conditioning in the departure hall didn't seem to be working and there weren't enough seats! The main topic of conversation was that when we met with others who'd been on our cruise the previous week, someone had learned that one of the tourists doing the same cruise the week after us had died on the boat! Just passed away in his cabin while his wife was visiting Essna temple!
So even after the Cairo riots ad begun, the rest of the place was business as usual. It seems to have escalated just after we left. I wonder if I'll ever see the silk rug I bought in Cairo a week before it all started, which was to be sent on to me?
Rolfe.
Our itinerary had us leaving Sharm for Luxor early in the morning of 26th January, and the flight was caught easily and left on time. We arrived at Luxor about nine, and had the whole day to spend there before catching a 6.30 flight for Manchester.
We got a taxi driver to take us to a good hotel, and he recommended the Sofitel which was a very good call. We paid a small amount of money for a courtesy day room there and spent most of the day lounging by the pool in the sun, admiring the view over the Nile to the Valey of the Kings.
I went out for a short walk to offload some kiddie treats I'd brought with me and still had as we hadn't encountered as many waifs as we'd anticipated. I met a couple of small children attached to a scruffy little shop and an even scruffier house next to the hotel, and spoke to their father. I gave him the sweets and the pens I had, he thanked me, and we shook on it. This was all within yards of a "tourist police" checkpoint guarding the luxury hotel.
The taxi driver came back for us mid-afternoon and took us back across Luxor to the airport. Didn't see anything untoward at all. The airport was busy with returning holidaymakers, but everyone was simply happily finishing their planned holiday. The only problem was the air conditioning in the departure hall didn't seem to be working and there weren't enough seats! The main topic of conversation was that when we met with others who'd been on our cruise the previous week, someone had learned that one of the tourists doing the same cruise the week after us had died on the boat! Just passed away in his cabin while his wife was visiting Essna temple!
So even after the Cairo riots ad begun, the rest of the place was business as usual. It seems to have escalated just after we left. I wonder if I'll ever see the silk rug I bought in Cairo a week before it all started, which was to be sent on to me?
Rolfe.
angrysoba
Philosophile
Well, I'm glad you got out okay.
Although, on the other hand, maybe you missed out on witnessing the biggest political event of the decade.
Although, on the other hand, maybe you missed out on witnessing the biggest political event of the decade.
Noztradamus
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Yeah the decade has just started. Make it "the biggest political event of the year"