Andy GSi
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me and mrs are booking a 5* hotel in Sharm El Sheikh tonight, and the reviews are amazing.
Would anyone like to add any information or advice about Egypt?
cheers
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gianluigi
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you're a lucky asshole
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All Torque
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How long are you there for and when are you going?
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Edd
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yes make sure wherever you go outside of the complex you have a police escort
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Jambo
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YES 
What hotel is it andy? Me and my lady went there in november, were considering going back this year, it was so wonderfull!
Advice, is dont get sucked into a shop by a shopkeeper, its a pain in the arse. Just say "no. No thank you in a VERy sdtern voice Or learn the hard way lol
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Andy GSi
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Jambo - its called the Baron Palms Resort hotel. I have heard that from alot of people just to say no!! WHY tho?? do they try and get you to buy stuff all the time?
whcih hotel did you stop st m8?
All Touque - staying for two weeks mate at the end of Aug.
gianluigi -
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Andy GSi
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anyone else got any comments on this?
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Cosmo
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sister went last year, said it was gorgeous...then two weeks later it blew up!
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antonOO2
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a lady died of bird flu there this week
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NovaGTE
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Ive just booked a week there in April, going to Hurghada for 1 week 5* AI, booked the hotel and flights seperate and was £330 per person.
Have a look on www.medhotels.com at the hotels mate, worked out a few hundered cheaper than though the travel agents
Herd nothing but good reports about it tho
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antonOO2
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i wouldnt be going
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4820714.stm
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Colins been before....says its a bit of a dirt hole full of peasants wanting money from you!!
Went to the pyramids & it was full of beggers....seen some guy tourist get electrocuted aswell
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jamied
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strange as fuk andy, on about dom republic with my bird other week now shes decided on sharm el sheik!
we have been lookin on thomascook site dont seem too bad for AI
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Jambo
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I stayed at baron andy its awesome, people in egypt will try and get u to buy shit all the time, proper market traders. But if u dont expereirnce it then ure missing out.
Its a long way to the pyramids, if u go there ,talk to the consierge and ask for a taxi driverr called Amra, hes a fooking leg-end! Drove us to cairo for not alot of beans 
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me and the mrs are going for 2 weeks on our honeymoon on 17th april,can't wait,don't know the name of the hotel tho
ive been to egypt before so i know what the locals are like,just got to be polite but firm
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Jambo
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anton cairo is filthy and 7hour car drive from sharm el shekh where there are mainly tourists and hardly any locals.
Dont be put off by media scaremongering
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antonOO2
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yeah im only messing about Jambo.My cousin has just got back and she said it was great.She did witness a death though whilst scoober diving.
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Kathryn W
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I believe that if you willing to go eat out of the hotel (with most of them being all inclusive) it is very cheap for a 3 course meal...
I was going to go in January although the other half didnt fancy it.. going feurteventura instead
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Jambo
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Eeeek!
I dont do water  lol Much safer that way. Girlfriend did some snokleing and said it was amazing
Sharm is an amazing place, its so beautiful i reccomend it highly
Cairo was like hell on earth 
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Korsa-Kat
I believe that if you willing to go eat out of the hotel (with most of them being all inclusive) it is very cheap for a 3 course meal...
I would becareful where I ate going a place like that, hygenie isnt what it is here that why most hotels are AI
[Edited on 20-03-2006 by Cosmo]
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Kathryn W
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
quote:
Originally posted by Korsa-Kat
I believe that if you willing to go eat out of the hotel (with most of them being all inclusive) it is very cheap for a 3 course meal...
I would becareful where I ate going a place like that, hygenie isnt what it is here that why most hotels are AI
[Edited on 20-03-2006 by Cosmo]
Yes maybe but some places i believe you can get some nice food. I also believe and have been told that the hotels are AI due to the fighting and violence outside the resorts hense why they are either set on the beach or have miles of gardens.. how much this is true i dont know..
But egypt looks like a lovely place! And don't forget ure suncream  haha!
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Andy GSi
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
I stayed at baron andy its awesome, people in egypt will try and get u to buy shit all the time, proper market traders. But if u dont expereirnce it then ure missing out.
Its a long way to the pyramids, if u go there ,talk to the consierge and ask for a taxi driverr called Amra, hes a fooking leg-end! Drove us to cairo for not alot of beans
so its a nice place then mate? i have heard the all inclusive part was still being made!! is that true or has it been completed now??
A lot of people do say watch out for terrorists, but for god sake look at London etc.
I think we will be going, will be an experience for us both as we have only been to Greece.
306corsa - what is it with women!!! But im more liking Egypt than Dom rep. which hotel is ur mrs looking to go for? We have been on Thomas cook website looking for good deals also.
NovaGTE – cheers mate will look at that
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Jambo
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Andy fuck terrorism, i went for 8days and im fine, didnt see 1 terrorist. Did pass border patrol with guys with AK47's and usin the back of a taxi going  lol
They have tourist police out there, took me a while to figure out why 
If u want i can send u a couple of pics from the hotel if you want?
im not quite sure what u mean by the all inclusive bit/ We went B&B just ate at the hotels resteraunts or went into the nearest town on the shuttle bus. Twat awesome 4 of us ate at hard rock cafe in style for £26
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I have been to Egypt 7 times now.
1st went when i was 12 and did my open water Padi course.
basically Sharm has changed hell of a lot, when i 1st went it was juts a single row of hotels opposite the beach and that was it.
Now theres a hard rock cafe, ice skating rink and i really dislike it but dont be put off. I just prefer more cultural places.
Sharm el sheikh isnt acually where you will stay, el sheikh is a fishing town and where all the dive boats live for a weeks liveaboard.
Sharm el Maya - naama bay is where most people end up.
Its cheap to eat out, but again be wary of where you eat make sure its a decent place as there are hundreds of restaurants now including a maccy d's!
Look on the beach front for Red Sea Diving College - when i stayed there it was dorm rooms with 8 mixed sex and communial showers. If its still there that is!!
The sanafir hotel on the same street as maccy d's is good if it still has the garden out the back. Hire a sheesha pipe and some flavours, enjoy a nice beer and toke away on the sheesha pipe under some bedouin tents.
I would reccomend the quad biking as well, again im unsure of how this has changed now. Was about £10 for 3 hour ride into the mountians, have a beer with some bedioun guy with a fridge in the mountains
If your going to get a day boat for some snorkelling be very wary as anything close to sharm has been smashed to bits now.
Look for anything going to the Ras Mohammed national parl, as this is a wildlife reserve and beautiful.
Especially Shark and Yolanda reef.
If you get offered straights of tiran then make sure your a good swimmer and confident snorkeller as its 500 metres deep there and no where to stand on when u leave the boat if you panic.
But turtles/sharks/dolphins can all be spotted here!
Emperor divers, red sea diving college, oonas divers, divequest, prodive are the ones to book through!
Myself and my dad are both instructors so we now whose good and whose not.
But if you go there dont just veg on the beach or by the pool, get out of naama bay in a crazy taxi for about £3 and check out sharm el shekh old town!
If going with the missus tell her to cover up a bit for the day here as locals love a woman to chat up and pester.
When you have shop keepers come out, dont be rude in egypt, just say no thankyou and keep walking. And dont say your from manchester/london or like del boy or you will be there for hours
If theres anything you want to know then feel free to ask me
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Never been to Sharm-El-Sheikh, Cairo is smog city, Alexandria is quite nice though.
You will probably get ripped off by the locals because you are white foreigners, but while you lot moan about "the locals" you should bear in mind it is a very POOR country, not a wealthy western country such as here for example, hence the begging and the shopkeepers trying to make you buy stuff you don't want to.
If you bear the above in mind, you should have a fantastic time.
Oh and if you can speak Arabic, even better! Ma'salaama! 
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