Andy GSi
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Right you might or might not have heard its got bombed again!!! i am going on holiday there end of Aug!
SO do i phone up and cancel and loose 158quid. or risk it? the bombs werent in the area im going but, i would rather loose 158quid rather than my life 
mrs wants to stil go, but im not sura at all.
what would u lot do?
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Marc
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Live dangerously
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K2 GTi
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go for it 
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Edd
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see your other post down a bit
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abdus
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Originally posted by Flat4
Live dangerously
Don't cancel it
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Scoty B
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It'll add a little excitment.
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Patrick
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Egypt is a dangerous place at the moment.
I suggest you keep a regular eye on the www.fco.gov.uk website nearer the time.
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JadeM
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I went to egypt & didnt like it!! Tourist locations are full of dodgy shop keepers & peasants trying to sell you shit!! How knows if one of them will have a bomb under their robe 
Best bit of the holiday......seeing some tourist get very pissed off by some peasant waving postcards in his face shouting buy..buy...buy - so he laid him out cold Then the police appeared from like behind a building & started beating the crap out the peasant. Ace!
Went to the pyramids & was half way down & some bloke got electrocuted off the lights Its very cramped tunnelling down into the main chamber & at the bottom was nothing spectacular, just an open casket & a peasant mumbling something about who was mummified there 2billion years ago....then he runs to the exit & begs for some dollar 
Food was shite too
[Edited on 25-04-2006 by JadeM]
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JadeM
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How much did you pay for the tickets???
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Cosmo
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just go, whats the point of not going because their is a chance of a bomb. If that was the case you'd never go to any major UK city, and football stadiums, airports, train stations, etc. etc.
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Kathryn W
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Go for it... could be a once in a life time experience.
My mum booked a holiday there a couple of months after the last bombings, and they were in the area that they had booked. Although my dad got worried about it all and changed the holiday and went to Gran Canaria instead.
My mum regrets doing this as she now knows she'd never go to egypt, and the holiday that she did go to was shite...
Just do it! The chance of getting bombed while your there is like 0.0001% of a chance you have more chance of dieing in a car crash tomorrow!
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JadeM
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Originally posted by Kathryn W
Go for it... could be a once in a life time experience.
My mum booked a holiday there a couple of months after the last bombings, and they were in the area that they had booked. Although my dad got worried about it all and changed the holiday and went to Gran Canaria instead.
My mum regrets doing this as she now knows she'd never go to egypt, and the holiday that she did go to was shite...
Just do it! The chance of getting bombed while your there is like 0.0001% of a chance you have more chance of dieing in a car crash tomorrow!
Yeah once in a life time experience & if I could have my time over again I wouldnt bother!! Its hot, sticky, smells funny & is full of peasants wanting dollar off you!!
I suppose theres some interesting stuff to see in the museums, but nothing you probably couldn't look up on the net. Plus they are heavily guarded & insist on no photography of there ancient relics. I wouldnt go again!!
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Edd
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do what the home office say if they say dont travel dont, if they say its safe it is
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Jambo
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I loved it, one of the seven wonders of the world!
Dahab is quite far from where ure going andy, about 20min drive.
There were no bombs when we went there.
Egypt was amazing. But id never EVER want to go to cairo again
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Andy GSi
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Originally posted by JadeM
How much did you pay for the tickets???
paid 550 each for 2 weeks A\C.
Mrs wants to still go, but everyone at work is tellin g me to get money back, they wouldnt even bother thinking of going to egypt.
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JadeM
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I loved it, one of the seven wonders of the world!
Dahab is quite far from where ure going andy, about 20min drive.
There were no bombs when we went there.
Egypt was amazing. But id never EVER want to go to cairo again
cairo is where the peasants are in their masses yes??? Was a good few years ago I went now I just remember feeling scared walking about
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Kathryn W
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quote:
Originally posted by JadeM
quote:
Originally posted by Kathryn W
Go for it... could be a once in a life time experience.
My mum booked a holiday there a couple of months after the last bombings, and they were in the area that they had booked. Although my dad got worried about it all and changed the holiday and went to Gran Canaria instead.
My mum regrets doing this as she now knows she'd never go to egypt, and the holiday that she did go to was shite...
Just do it! The chance of getting bombed while your there is like 0.0001% of a chance you have more chance of dieing in a car crash tomorrow!
Yeah once in a life time experience & if I could have my time over again I wouldnt bother!! Its hot, sticky, smells funny & is full of peasants wanting dollar off you!!
I suppose theres some interesting stuff to see in the museums, but nothing you probably couldn't look up on the net. Plus they are heavily guarded & insist on no photography of there ancient relics. I wouldnt go again!!
At the end of the day it all depends on what you like and what exactly you would want to do while your there
Many different people like different things
I certainly would love to go their, and look around and maybe have a nice cruise down the nile
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JadeM
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Originally posted by andysri
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Originally posted by JadeM
How much did you pay for the tickets???
paid 550 each for 2 weeks A\C.
Mrs wants to still go, but everyone at work is tellin g me to get money back, they wouldnt even bother thinking of going to egypt.
Sack it & go to Cancun instead
My experience of Egypt was not a good one & with all the trouble in past few years its the last place id think of going!!
[Edited on 25-04-2006 by JadeM]
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dave17
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Id still go, if you get blown up, you wont know much about it
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JadeM
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Originally posted by Kathryn W
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Originally posted by JadeM
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Originally posted by Kathryn W
Go for it... could be a once in a life time experience.
My mum booked a holiday there a couple of months after the last bombings, and they were in the area that they had booked. Although my dad got worried about it all and changed the holiday and went to Gran Canaria instead.
My mum regrets doing this as she now knows she'd never go to egypt, and the holiday that she did go to was shite...
Just do it! The chance of getting bombed while your there is like 0.0001% of a chance you have more chance of dieing in a car crash tomorrow!
Yeah once in a life time experience & if I could have my time over again I wouldnt bother!! Its hot, sticky, smells funny & is full of peasants wanting dollar off you!!
I suppose theres some interesting stuff to see in the museums, but nothing you probably couldn't look up on the net. Plus they are heavily guarded & insist on no photography of there ancient relics. I wouldnt go again!!
At the end of the day it all depends on what you like and what exactly you would want to do while your there
Many different people like different things
I certainly would love to go their, and look around and maybe have a nice cruise down the nile
No at the end of the day its full of smelly pilgrims wanting money off you, its too humid & the towns stink, the ancient excavations are not that great & I thought dangerous, The nile is dirty & full of stagnent water that the peasants bath in & wash there clothes - its not a great place to go!! Seriously id rather holiday in skegness
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my folks just got back from there, go along and just listen out for ticking wherever you go
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Andy GSi
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Originally posted by dave17
Id still go, if you get blown up, you wont know much about it
true.
cancun looks gorg!! now that looks like a chilled holiday!!!!!
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Patrick
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Originally posted by Edd
do what the home office say if they say dont travel dont, if they say its safe it is
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JadeM
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quote:
Originally posted by andysri
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Originally posted by dave17
Id still go, if you get blown up, you wont know much about it
true.
cancun looks gorg!! now that looks like a chilled holiday!!!!!
6 mates went last year & loved it.....hardly spent much money either. I deffo want to go, never been to mexico
Advice - if you do go to Cancun just make sure its not an American Holiday because they swarm the place in thousands & are very annoying!!
[Edited on 25-04-2006 by JadeM]
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Edd
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Originally posted by Edd
do what the home office say if they say dont travel dont, if they say its safe it is
pmsl you know what i mean
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