Anybody here been to Egypt?

[weiv0004]

So I'm going to Egypt for a week and a half or so in January. Anybody ever been? Have any suggestions on stuff to see?

 

[glenn beck]

pyramids

 

[txrandom]

Cleopatra, she is hot.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: glenn beck
pyramids

Adding to that...take a tour of the typical "tourist sites." The pyramids and the sphinx are actually not in the middle of a desert...they aren't far from a big city and a highway. 🙂 But they are 5K years old. A must see. Be sure to bring multiple image-capturing devices (digicam, videocam, etc) as this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for most folks.

Very cool vacation! PICS!!!

 

[scott916]

pm puffff. he used to have a photoblog travel website and egypt was one of the locales.

 

[SsupernovaE]

Anubis.

 

[SAWYER]

Better be careful, I was reading on cruisecritic.com about some sickness travelers have been getting.

 

[gooseman]

Never been but my wife was born there, in Cairo. Have fun, she tells me it is quite an interesting place.

 

[JImmyK]

Originally posted by: weiv0004
So I'm going to Egypt for a week and a half or so in January. Anybody ever been? Have any suggestions on stuff to see?

I was there last year

http://jjkhan.com/Egypt/

Giza Pyramids
Sound and light show at pyramids
Cairo Museum
Coptic Cairo
Citadel Specifically mohammed ali mosque
Islamic Cairo
City of the dead

My pictures cover all those areas then if you have time go to Alexandria etc etc

Err please ignore the pics of people.. we tend to act quite stupid at times...

 

[BoomerD]

Sorry...Only B.F.E.

 

[grrl]

While in Cairo spend a day in Giza at the Sphinx and three main pyramids. In Cairo itself, the Cairo Museum is a must see and the Citadel is pretty interesting. The Coptic quarter is cool to walk around (just don't wander out the back into 'the suburbs' - there is a not very visible military facility nearby and the police don't like strangers walking towards it...). Many other areas of the city are worth exploring as well, but be prepared, it's very big and the traffic is insane. If you take a taxi, be sure to know the going rate, they don't use meters so you bargain before hand. You can ask the locals and they'll tell you what they pay, but expect to pay a little more. 🙂

Luxor, of course, is the biggest tourist attraction. You can fly there from Cairo. The sites are amazing but the town itself is a bit of a drag - you are pestered nonstop by people trying to sell you something.

I'd also suggest taking a short safari and spending at least one night in the desert. I've NEVER seen a night sky like that and it was very amusing to have a desert fox circling our campsite as we ate dinner.

You might like Alexandria as well. It's full of decrepit colonial architecture, has some good sights including some catacombs. It too is great to wander around. It takes the better part of a day each way from Cairo.