serving a purpose

Every day the poilice chief comes and everyday there is not one person hassling the tourist , so who is complaining, the Luxor Temple police situated at the exit of the temple. oo. the boss on the phone must go now and thats it for the days visit.

Well might as well go no touts around no one begging says the chief to one of the special secret police

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This photo is from a few days ago of one of the kids that plaque the area , oh" I am so hungry can you give me, they do not want egp they ask for euro or dollars.

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I need food

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please leave the area; we are on a family outing look all my kids are looking smart, so you go away.

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That told him .

now look at this beggars kids notice the well dressed family, also notice the girl in pink this is the beggar from a few days ago looks real hungry does she not. and big fat momma does look as if she could do with a good meal. the cop walks away before the whole family attack him,

click on this photo to enlarge. on the happy family

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now look son no point in you telling my family to leave . we run this place see. you must be new here so this is how it works

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see me, me, I pay the workers all these guys work with me so you go tell your chief

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and again the cop puts his hands in the air, what can I do my boss says they must go what can I do.

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You tell them mr secret police man. they do not listen to me.

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this is where they run to when the chief comes .photo taken bellow my balcony

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And this is not papyrus one reason for the plastic cover is for the feel paper is smooth papyrus is rough to the touch they pay 1 egp for one piece and sell for a minimum of 10. they ask 100 and you have to barter them down. thinking you are getting a good deal he will then offer several pieces for less money again.

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26.4.10 update2 it seemed the blogspot worked today there was a larger police presence outside the Temple. all the touts where lined up trying to sell on karnak street
that is the main road that leads to the temple, all looking very pissed off. including the beggars the spice sellers and the water touts. so I hope the cops keep up the show of force in stopping this hassle and hopefully they will dissapear to where they came from and leave the selling to the stall owners who pay a hefty rate for the stall to Luxor council.

26/4/10 the police where running it,

Lets all move to Karnak street

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The younger sister of the beggar girl is on duty today.

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This Seller Looking rather pissed off at all the police precence and having to trade on the main Karnak rd

18.00 and still police on duty.

egyptguidelines

For some time now this profesional tour opperator from egyptguidelines real nice website.

Email : travel@egyptguidelines.com

Web Page: www.egyptguidelines.com

Mido is not his proper name of course! has been putting remarks on my blogs. hoping someone will pick up on his offers of a cheap holiday in Egypt after curiosity took over I read one of his blogspots to see if he was giving a better deal than the other 30000 or so tour opperators selling cheap deals.

And medo from egyptguidelines this is all I can say about your advertising with blogger .

Brilliant piece of advertisement if you are trying to get to the ilitrate, anything goes here in Egypt advertise anything you want there is no guidelines or rules .

There is no comeback on any of these tour operators or tour guides,

which court are you going to take them to when tou find you get a real cheap holiday that you have saved up for. certainly not the corrupt courts we have here in Luxor or Egypt. all they will say is what a fool you have been parting with your money to so and so , do you not know we have brotherly rights here and he has every right to take your infidel money.

The hotels advertised are less than one star , you did not know that ! neither can you find out these hotels give their own star rating in backpackers, bootsanall hotel agencies. the felluca boat trip is the best laughable add I have seen for a while. full board eh ! especially if there is 20 on board these are not cruise ships but 20ft sail boats and cannot sail from Aswan to luxor even in the best of wind. and hope its not too much of a breeze while you go to toilet over the side, or you really will be pissing in the wind. you can only sail as far as Edfu barrage felluca sail boat is not allowed through. before 2004 yes then one of these craft overturned in the swell of the water coming out on a lower level of the lock gates. and that is the reason why they stopped the felluca sail boats.

I must add! that I want to do the felluca trip from Aswan to Esna, for me there is no better way to see the Nile river wildlife, but I know I will be ruffing it there is no kithen or toilet on board niether are there washing or sleeping facilities.

the deal with the train is not bad now the price has gone up to 180 egp ew not bad when your rate starts at 1600egp and you get to spend 29 hours of your 9 day break on board one of these wc's pulled behind a train.

This is one of Mido's blogspots I have added some bits in red

Egypt cheap tours | cheap holidays to Egypt| budget tours to Egypt

Egypt cheap tours doesn't means bad quality of tours inEgypt but it can be organized the same like luxury tours only difference will be for accommodations although that your accommodations will be in quality 3* hotels mostly will be central hotels all the way Egypt has all the varieties so we choose always the best for our clients according to his budget so alltours will be in comfortable minivan with a.c also cheap but very good location & quality for hotels that’s will be our way for organizing our cheap tours toegypt

Tour rate start from: $300

Tour high lights

Pyramids & sphinx, Sakara , Memphis , Nile felucca , Kom Ombo temple , Edfu temple , valley of the kings , Hatshibsut temple , colossi of memnon

Day 01

· Arrive to Cairo International Airport meet and assist by our representative with the sign of your name and assisting you through passport control formalities ( not allowed anymore because of security risks)

· Transfer by private air condition van to your selected hotel for check in

· Overnight in Cairo you will not miss our tour guide he will be the guy with a 20ft banner if there is more than 10 person on the tour,

Day 02 (B)

· Breakfast at hotel

· Our Egyptology guide will be waiting for you to start your tour

· Pyramids & Sphinx (one of the seven wonders of the ancient World )

· Break for lunch ( fool and falafel with tea 2 le)

· Then visit Memphis (the ancient capital of Egypt)

· Then proceed to Sakkara (more ancient site than that of Giza contains tombs and temples spanning a 3,000 year period)also there we will visit first step Pyramids ever built

· Transfer to the railway station to catch the 16 hour night train to Aswan

· Then Overnight in train ( where else, on the outside roof maybe ? )

Day 03 "Aswan"

· Optional trip to visit Philae temple & High Dam

· Overnight in Aswan

Day 04 "Aswan, Kom ombo"

· Early morning Optional tour To Abu Simbel temple

· Embark your traditional boat " Felucca " to see the beautiful landscape around the river Nile during sailing

· Lunch , Dinner , Breakfast will be served on the boat

· There is a chance to upgrade to 5* Nile cruise instead of felucca

· Sailing to kom ombo ( is the cruise to Komombo or Luxor? if comombo there is no 5* just use of toilets and top deck 4 hour trip)

· Overnight over felucca the upgrade can cost 350£ and as much as 1.500euro pp to luxor 3 day trip. boats such as the 5* ss Sudan.

Day 05 "Kom ombo. Edfu. Luxor"

· Arriving by boat at the Temple of Haroeris and Sobek, near Kom Ombo, is recommended: the magnificent Ptolemaic temple is in a dramatic setting on high ground beside the Nile, surrounded by sugarcane fields. Dedicated jointly to Haroeris, The Good Doctor Must have visited in the Dr Who tardis, and Sobek, the crocodile god, the temple is famous for its twin entrances, halls and sanctuaries. Sculpted wall reliefs include one showing ancient surgical instruments, bone-saws and dental tools. Three mummified crocodiles found nearby are now in the Chapel of Hathor. well I hope your english speaking tour guide did no write this load of crap, MIDO

· Drive to Luxor via Edfu

· Visit horus temple in Edfu

· Continue Driving to Luxor hope so no hotels in Edfu unless we sleep on a felluca

· Optional tour visit by night to visit Luxor Temple. is situated opposite my flat (SEE PHOTOS) I think you mean Karnak light show

· Overnight in Luxor

Day 06 "Luxor"

· Start day tout to visit the west bank excactly what you are! a tout

· Visit valley of the kings

· Then proceed to hatshibsut temple

· Visit colossi of memnon only freebee in all of Egypt

· Overnight in Luxor

Day 07 " Luxor"

· Free at leisure in Luxor

· Optional tour to banana island cost 5 le plus tax tax or dendera temple Which can be a bit pricey

· Transfer to Luxor train station

· Overnight in train

Day 08 "Cairo"

· Arrive to Cairo

· Meet & assist then transfer to your hotel I thought we already had a guide

· Optional tour ( city tour in Cairo)Islamic Cairo + Egyptian museum

· Overnight in Cairo

Day 09"Cairo.Departure"

· Transfer to Cairo airport for the final departure

Program includes

· 02 nights in 03* hotel in Cairo (Central hotel) Indiana hotel or similar on B.B basis does not get much cheaper

· 01 night in Nuba nil hotel in Aswan or similar on B.B basis 100egp

· 01 night over felucca on Full board Basis depends on the wind to do this in one day?

· 02 night in queen valley hotel in Luxor on full board basis Cheap back street hotel

· 02 nights in first class seating train (Cairo-Aswan-Luxor-Cairo) 360 egp return

· Private English tour guide from arrival to departure, see day eight

· A.C buses last model like a 1970 mercedes

· All transfer are including

· All above mentioned tour

Program excludes

· All the entrance fees got out of that nicely ,Nice one

· Tipping depends on how you like the cheap tour

· Optional tours will be are expensive

Prices

02:04 person 5:10 person from 11:16 from 16: 20

$ 520 $290 $ 250 $230

If you would like any information reach me via the contact information below

ROBERT

Operation department

Egyptguidelines

Email : travel@egyptguidelines.com

Web Page: www.egyptguidelines.com goody there are no guidelines

mido so all you really get is, a few nights in flea bitten hotels a day if the wind is good on a felucca.

two nights on a train and a bus from Komombo to Luxor and a guide who does not know his temples or the gods of the pharaonic era, the site tickets are almost as much as the price of this cheap tour, cheap, cheap, so says the chick to its mother. and if not going to the sites why do You need an expensive tour guide.
Try as I may I can not find cheap 9 day holiday or normal flights to Cairo

Read up on touts, taxi and carriages before you come, another one of my blogspots just for the tourists to be in the know before coming to egypt,

Good cop, Bad cop

Anger management

no selling here good cop or bad cop.

the crap papyrus paper touts.

I have not seen them do this before stand in a line so the tourist has to walk around them.

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this cop came over and asked them to move. the chief must be coming so they all go and hide

look at the anger in this one guys face

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move along now he says to the other touts,

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Notice the guy in the wheelchair behind the exit gate,

His minder brings him out. and 3 of these bastards surround him

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Even while the cop is looking on the same cop who 5 minutes earlier moved them on . the chief must have changed his mind and did not come.

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The best rubbish paper in all of Egypt you know how much

sitting on my roof I watched this poor guy in a wheelchair being pushed by an Egyptian minder,

He parked the wheelchair just outside the gate exit to Luxor Temple and left the poor man at the mercy of not one but four of these bloody cretins who try and download rubbish Papyrus on the tourist. I bet the guy only bought after being hassled for at least 25 minutes, just to get some peace. the mini bus driver had been waiting in the same spot for 20 mins. just watching. after the sell. he put him in the vehicle. and that is what I call hassle the poor guy had no where to go.

the driver has most likely been driving this guy around all day. on his 70% commision on sales.

and will no doubt claim his commission from this tout.

I am going to print a few of these photos and take them to the chief next time I see him at the post. and I know what he will say. ah" these are Luxor temple police. and will let you know the outcome, try coming back in a couple of days. things are manyana here.