Ancient Egypt / Nile Have I left it too late?

gigi1958

Maybe it's just me but I would not feel comfortable traveling anywhere in or near the Middle East.

Same as me, and that includes Cyprus. So so close to Syria, and with military bases that make it a target.

mrsba asked last year.

She's been, enjoyed it and come back safe and sound.

Great news- didn't see the date.

Last year was another world altogether.

Claremont

Great news- didn't see the date.

Last year was another world altogether.

Actually, just checked and she has just got back!!

She had a wonderful time.

And, if you still think it is going to be toooo much, you could try to catch the Alice Roberts' programmes, where she travels through Egypt by train, and of course the glorious versions of Death on the Nile.

Cateq, I experienced much the same in Damascus in the very early 70s. At the time we seemed to be the only tourists around! I had long blonde hair, and in the souk, a lot of women dressed all in black, with thin veils over their faces so you couldn’t see their eyes, kept crowding up and touching my hair.
I’d never seen women so completely veiled before - they absolutely creeped me out!

It was a very memorable trip, though - inc. Byblos and Baalbek, Homs, and the castle Crak des Chevaliers - virtually no one else there - you could almost still smell the horses! - with Beirut in its wonderful heyday - Paris of the Middle East - at both ends.

I feel so sad about what’s happened to those countries since.

Following with interest. I'd love to see the pyramids and ruins but I hate the idea of cruises, can't tolerate temperatures above mid 70s and have a horror of contracting a stomach bug (my elderly father and stepmother had a terrible time with that when they went and I've heard from others who've been that this can be an issue. I admire and envy anyone who goes anyway and has a good time!

We travelled in February, the hottest it got was 24 degrees we actually had a spot of rain one morning and it was only 14 degrees, very unusual for Egypt.
I was vey wary of getting 'A bug', but we only drank bottled water supplied on the boat, and avoided anything like salads that may have been washed, And ice. I also kept hand sanitiser on me at all time, and we were fine.
A steward told me the water was fine to drink for them, but the different minerals etc is what upsets our tummies as we aren't used to them.So happy I took the plunge and did it.