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,

flats in Luxor egypt.

In march 2008 I met Mr Machmood Quite a pleasant man a lovable rogue as he was once called by an ex renter. I do not call con merchants lovable. And this Machmood is a con artist.
the main reason for my moving from this flat with lovely views and in a great place
apart from the dust from the busy building site next door was because the landlord could not tell me the truth. the place is coming down as is all the houses in the immediate area around the new heritage centre, all the story is on http://www.myegypt.co.uk/index.php?f=data_home&a=8


Some of the lies I have had to put up with from this man Machmood. and he had the cheek to say " when I ever lie to you Mr Tony." when did he ever say the truth.
first visit to this flat my wife decided that with all the hassle I had with court cases Etc. see
http://justliars.blogspot.com
That this flat was ideal out of the way nice views and peaceful/ but I must have air condition, no problem as he flashed his Lloyds bank visa card I have money.
Then it was I need 1 year rent up front,,,, sorry Mr that is out of the question as I am short of money. so am I he said so we agreed on six months at 1000egp per month and the air con will be in asp. now it seems as soon as possible means as soon as he can afford it,
after a few weeks and the weather was getting hotter and a lot of begging from Mr M , I went out and bought a water cooling system these are big cumbersome units it was great on the roof but I had to leave the door open to cool the flat down the flies also liked my new cooling system in the flat open all hours. I was paying 500 per month rent over 4 months, so I could get my money back but seeing that I had to leave the doors open I decided to get a 3 horse cooling unit with the motor outside and the cooler unit indoors but this was 5.500.egp. and knowing full well my landlord was going to make another sob story I thought I would take it with me when I left.
the water unit and more lies from my landlord Oh Mr Tony my family so hot downstairs
I deed the water cooler no I said this is my cooler for the roof area. I have paid for it, he said,, just about I said and where is my money for the cooler you promised .They never even used the unit it was in the front room and he said twoo much wqater everbody get cold. I said thats what the unit is for keep cool outside area's. He knew its just that He had paid for it and he wanted it.
next thing was I realized the flat got hot because the hottest part of the day the door into the flat and the walls where in the direct sun so I decided that I needed a canopy over that area from the existing canopy that was set obout 6ft from the door , Good Idea Mr Tony,, I said I would buy the material and do it myself . I know just the place to get it he said!
so off we went just 5 minutes after mentioning the subject. the place was where all the carpets and linen came off the cruise boats plastic chairs and sun loungers any thing that may have had a second use.
I bought several good quality lined curtains and had them sewn together to cover a 8x2 meter it cost 300egp plus I bought 2 nice what would have been bed spreads but they made nice curtains in my flat and they where of thick linen material. so was quite happy with my purchase even though i knew My landlord was taking commission from my purchase
next thing was I needed some steel to extend the canopy so the material could sit on top of it, next thing some guy came up to the roof and said mr Machmood wants to make a steel frame and you are to pay . . O'k I thought play along , and asked how much. then the tape measure came out we need this this and this. needs to be strong so so it will cost 100 great was my first reaction. when can you do it? now He said as soon as I get the money, so I went inside got half of it 50 egp and said I give you half now to pay for the steel then another 50 when finished He looked at me as if I was simple in the head and said no I need 100 english.
I will not say what I said to him or Mr Machmood. the piece of material was put under the bed until I got over the shock. and that is where it stayed and is now under the bed in my new flat until I find A use for it . so mr Machmood wanted me to pay heavily for something he knew was coming down in a couple of years. just like the rest of the building this poor sod of a wife built for him, The lies he must have told her,
no wonder she refuses to come here . after finding out the bugger is already married and moved his family in as soon as the place was built.

That was another lie this man said . once I moved in I realized that there had been a scotch person Female living in this flat from all the bits and pieces left in cupboards etc, and asked Mahmoud. . I really do not understand he said we are married a few years now she no come cos I move my family in she knew we are married before, What he means is She refuses to give him any more money until his first wife and siblings move out. Egyptians have a great way of making out nothing is ever there fault...

oh Mr tony I have so many problems and My son is in collage and all the time I need money. I used to dread the end of the month" rent day " the first lie he said on rent day. Mr tony I need 7 ooo for my sons collage . I know as with all payments here in Egypt money up front Achmed the son was on his final weeks of collage. ..next time was oh Mr tony I need 3000 for going to Cairo. yes on this time he was not lying but he needed the money to go bonk his Scottish Wife who refuses to come here to the home she built, since finding out her husband is married with 4 kids and they live in the new home. wonder if she knows her home is due to be demolished.
Another lie .
I paid 150 per month for fast internet with a company called Td Data (rainbow Net)
the phone line is with Egypt telecom and had a standing charge of 45le per three months rent, I never used the line only for internet so it should be only a standing charge bill after 3 months my internet went off and I started shouting at td Data, who in turn said the line was not paid for. so off I went to egypt telecom to pay the bill 1990 egp they said! how is it that much? you use internet many telephone calls . so off I went to have a word with my lying landlord.
Problem was I had to pay the bill or no internet. and I needed the line number and landlords name to pay the bill. so I thought rather than that I wold buy a g3 internet stick from vodaphone. all was ok until I went over the Quota, I paid 1400 for the unit used it for 2 hours and had a bill for 450 egp so another visit to the vodaphone shop and was told ah yes you have to pay. you used it . bollocks I said and threw the g3 unit on the counter and walked out. like kids vodaphone cut off my mobile until I paid the bill A new mobile card and number is only 10 egp so I have a new no. going on with telephone lies. I traced the telephone lines in the house it went to all the flats the line downstairs was in constant use kids on the net playing games etc then there was the telephone in constant use. soon put an end to that with a direct line to my computer. nothing was said until I got the next quarterly bill of 120le . i need to see the bill Mr machmood . Ah I paid the bill under the table . so i went to the phone company and asked how much the bill for my number , 45le no telephone calls good I said. because I pay 120 to Rainbow net for my Isdl fast internet. and I asked him about why is it more paying under the table ( no receipt )
no such thing I was told by an angry young man all telephone bills payed down stairs in computer no baksheesh , after calming the guy down I explained what happened. and off we went to the nearest computer . machmood has 3 telephone he said and two bills paid in one day, 45le and 75le. so i was duped again. and the reason the last bills were not paid was mahmood thought his home would be demolished before the bills had to be paid.
This guy gets around 5000 egp per month plus money from 2 taxis he owns All the money is direct in his pocket his Scottish wife paid for this building, another lie he told us, he was manager on the railway he even took me to his office in Luxor station and pointed to his name (IN ARABIC) on the door. he is a ticket collector on the train and since I have be in his flat has only worked to my knowledge two days apparently has a problem with his arms needs both as a ticket collector. he needs both to drive his car and has no problem when he puts his hand out for money?? so Egypt rail you are paying good money to a shirker,
there was a lot of lies he told me relating to my court case. he is a relation of the swindler Mohamed Awad, but claims he is not related to such a bad man. he told me in a heated argument his grandmother is the mother of both mothers, so work that one out.
The Argument started because I said mohamed Awads mother Samira used to bring Camel meat for me when I lived in my hotel . Mohamed said ! its easy for them to bring it from Cairo as she was from Zamalec and all her relations still live there and the reason she went to Cairo once a month. I told Machmood I had already found out the real reason she went to Cairo was to pick up the drugs. she as the wife of an Imam and would not get stopped by the police on her return to Luxor,
Rubbish Machmood said" I know she is from My village on the west bank, she is my grandmothers daughter, but smiled at me about the other part. they have a funny way about lying if what you say is true they smile, but if its a lie they soon pull you up about it.
so because his aunt has a bad son they are not related, hum? neither did he tell me His uncle was not an Imam (muslim priest) but a teacher, as I found out from The Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb's nephew. If I knew in the begining of my renting I would have been warry of what I said to him things like why I was taking his other cousin Mustafa the lawyer to court. when two weeks later the lawyer turned up at the first court hearing armed with the english rent contract, thats when I confronted My landlord and asked if he was a relation to the con man Mohamed Awad. OOOH , no Mr Tony never would I be a relation to such a bad man and such a bad family he comes from drug dealers all of them, like Mafia Mr Tony. you know he already come here and threaten me ! Why I have you in my home. I had already told him the reason why I moved from the flat in Karnak after threats to the landlady . Not Mr Awad personally but one of his friends. after finding out My landlord or rather suspecting he was a relation I fed the liar false info then he had the cheek to ask why I lie to him, no lie Mr Machmood Only a white one no understand Mr Tony, ah Good job then isn't it I said.
the last confirmation on my landlord being a hungry money man ( as people would call him)
was A trip I made to the White desert Farafra.
I made arrangements to take a taxi to the White desert Myself and two German Lady friends
one hour before our departure the Taxi driver turned up at my flat with part of an engine the carburetor. saying he can not take us but knows a man who can. so down stairs we trundled to see our nice landlord who on the tip of his tongue said I can get a taxi fir 3 thousand for the three day trip. hmm, I thought full of knowledge is this man , and handed me his telephone where I could haggle the price with the Taxi driver , no deal, so he gave me another taxi driver that could do it for 2 thousand but we had to pay for his food and bed. not negotiable.
ok I said this taxi driver I made the deal with can get another taxi and take us for the thousand he originaly quoted. but He has never been to the desert before.. Not what He said when we wanted a taxi to take us yesterday. and back came the telephone with another taxi driver and the quote was 2 thousand plus keep. I then phoned the ladies who by now where anxiously waiting by the prearranged meeting point. and they agreed the first quote was too low . and off we went. the fun of the trip is on http://mydeserttrip.blogspot.com/
one week after we got back I saw the taxi driver Hamada . (now a friend and my taxi driver.)
why you no use me Mr Tony too bloody expensive I said,, ah" but Mr Tony, Machmood take more than half. I also now now Mr Machmood is the owner of the first taxi the driver Hassan is just one of two driver, and had no right to make a deal without first consulting machmood.
plus his taxi would never have made the round trip. without breaking down. so this mr machmood my friendly lovable rogue made money just by getting up a bit early and phoning a few friends with his problem. most likely cost him a few pounds egp backsheesh. but if he treats a friend as he called me like that I would not like to be his enemy.